Centrifugal/Centripetal Force
People in a country being indifferent about a national language
What is a centrifugal force
A system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning
What is Language
English is part of this language family
What is Indo European
Differs within languages and regions
What is an accent
Language used for trade and known worldwide
What is Lingua Franca
If a country speaks the same language all throughout its regions
Language type used by governments for laws, reports, and public objects, such as road signs, money, and stamps
What is official language
English is a part of this particular language branch of the Indo-European language family
What is Germanic
This language is an example of an isolated language because of remote location in the Pyrenees Mountains
What is Basque
Subdivision of a dialect
What is a subdialect
A country that respects all religions and accepts them as an asset towards their own culture
What is a centripetal force
What are the 5 levels of language classification in order
What are Institutional, Developing, Vigorous, Threatened, and Dying Languages
Four most widely used Romance branch languages
What is Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian
Balto-Slavic languages are predominate in this region of Europe
What is Eastern Europe
A language no longer spoken or written in countries to date
What is an extinct language
A great sense of pride in ones flag causing unrest
What is centrifugal force
Latin, Yagan, Ainu, Ts'ixa, and Rapa Nui (answers may vary)
These are shown as roots on the language diagram in our textbook
What are Language Superfamilies
This branch includes more than 100 individual languages. It is divided into an Eastern (Indic) group and an Iranian group
What is the Indo-Iranian branch
A language created from a combination a native language and colonizer language
What is a creole language
The Latin root word derived from both centrifugal and centripetal used to coin the words (Isaac Newton)
What is 'centri'
Known as the Hearth of Modern English
What are the British Isles
A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past
What is a language group
A boundary that separates regions in which different languages usages predominate
What is a isogloss
Mix of German and English
What is Denglish