Collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history.
Define Language Families.
100
Collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in relatively recent past, which display similar grammar and vocabulary.
Define language groups.
100
Oftentimes within the last 2,000 years, it is a collection of languages within a family, and are not as old nor are the differences as significant as language families.
Define language branches.
100
Oral communication. Spanish
Define language. What is a common language in Spain?
100
Written communication
What are Literary Traditions?
200
Latin
What is the most common language family in the Americas?
What are three branches from the Indo-European Family?
200
A language that is unrelated to any other language and therefore not attached to any language family. Korean, Japanese.
Define Isolated Language and give an example from Asia.
200
Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Latin
What 4 language families are literary traditions related to?
300
Arabic
What is a common language family in North Africa?
300
North Germanic
What language group is Danish a part of?
300
Germanic
What branch is English from?
300
The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications. Such as English in India
What is an Official Language?
300
English, Spanish. There are others not listed.
What is a language in America with a literary tradition?
400
Cyrillic
What is a common language family in Northeast Europe?
400
Benue-Congo
What language group does Yoruba belong to?
400
Romance
What branch does French belong in?
400
A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among speakers of two different languages.
Spanglish
What is a Pidgin language? What is a common pidgin language in the US?
400
Language of international communication, usually for commerce. English
Define Lingua Franca and which lingua franca is the most common in the world?
500
Latin
What is a common language family found in Western Europe?
500
North Germanic
What language group does Norwegian belong in?
500
Sinitic
What language group does the Min language belong in?
500
A regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. Color, colour. There are many more. (American English and British English)
What is dialect? Give an example of dialect in English
500
No, many languages do not, especially tribal languages. With literary traditions, people can record history.
Do all languages have literary traditions? How are literary traditions an advantage?