Langauge 101
Language Facts
Language Families
Neuroscience and Langauge
Italian
100

There are this many languages in the world?

What is 7000?

100

This language (not Spanish) is spoken in northeastern Spain. 

What is Catalán?

100

English, Hindi, Persian, and Spanish are all part of what large language family? 

What is the Indo-European family?

100

This young girl was severely abused and never developed a full linguistic system.

Who is Genie?

100

Italian was first spoken in this country.  

What is Italy?

200

According to the 2010 census, this % of people identified as Hispanic/Latin in Miami

What is 65%/

200

This language is spoken in Northern Spain; its origins are unknown. 

What is Basque?

200

The Indo-European family split into which two language families? 

What are the Indo-Iranian and the European languages?

200

This word refers to loss of language.

What is aphasia?

200

This landlocked country has Italian as its official language.

What is San Marino?

300

In terms of number of speakers, this is the largest of all Romance languages.

What is Spanish?

300

A language that has no known relatives is known as this.

What is an isolate?

300

Russian, Ukranian, and Polish are all part of this language family?

What is the Slavic family?

300

This part or the brain is responsible for voluntary movements and maintaining balance. 

What is the cerebellum?

300
The Italian language contributed words to English in these three areas.

What are music, food, and fashion?

400

This word means the history of the species

What is phylogenesis?

400

This term refers to the first or ancestral language?

What is proto-language?

400

The Hellenic branch gave rise to this language.

What is Greek?

400

This is the time when the brain is exceptionally good at learning languages.

What is the critical period?

400

There are about this number of people who have Italian as their native language?

What is 62 million?

500

This word refers to the speech habits of an individual.

What is an idiolect?

500

This language family includes Hebrew, Arabic, and Amharic.

What is the Semitic family?

500

This is the largest Indic Northern Zone language.

What is Nepali?

500

This term refers to neurons making connections

What is synaptogenesis? 

500

This region of Italy encompasses the extreme southern part of Italy; it comprises the heel of the boot. 

What is Puglia?

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