Culture
Habits and customs adopted by a group of people.
What is culture?
The three Germanic tribes responsible for progressing the English language.
Who are the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes?
Often understood by all people in a society and is used by the government for all matters.
What is an institutional language?
The Nomadic Kurgan Warrior and the Sedentary Farmer.
A slang word in the United Kingdom for a fish and chip shop that serves traditional takeaway foods like fish and chips, pies, and sausages.
What are 'chippies'? (UK)
A language commonly understood and used in trade between people of differing native languages. (ex. The United Nations has six official and working languages; These include English, French, Arabic, etc.)
What is lingua franca?
They are responsible for 50% of the English languages's words, along with having multiple languages such as French and Spanish under its catagory.
What is the Romance Branch?
A language that is written as well as spoken. (ex. English, Spanish, or Korean)
What is a literary tradition?
Indian, Iranian, Armenian, Germanic, Italic, Hellenic, Albanian, Balto-Slavic, and Celtic.
What are the 9 language branches of the Indo-European language family?
A traditional performance during Chinese New Year that symbolizes good luck, prosperity, and power. What has grown from a cultural Chinese tradition to celebrate the new year is now represented in mainstream media around the world. (ex. in Genshin Impact, a video game, a character represents the personality and spirit of a dragon dancer)
What is the dragon dance for? (Chinese)
A process of assimilation to a different culture, typically the dominant one.
What is acculturation?
This was responsible for 6% of the English language. (ex. the terms Alpha, Bravo, and Delta, which are commonly referenced in daily life and media.)
What did the English language gain from Greek?
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. (ex. dialects such as American English, Australian English, and British English all have the same alphabet, but they each have different words and pronunciations for a variety of concepts)
What is a dialect?
A dialect spoken by some Africa-Americans.
What is ebonics?
An Eastern Slavic religious and folk holiday, celebrated as the last week before the onset of the Great Lent. Work is forbidden to Orthodox Christians which has earned the week the name of 'the work-free week' or 'Freedom Week'.
What is Maslenitsa?
The practice of conducting business according to both local and global considerations. (ex. McDonalds having specialty menu items in different regions such as the McCurry Pan or the McVeggie)
What is glocalization?
The dialect of English which is associated with upper-class Britons living in London and is now considered standard in the United Kingdom. (ex. the common difference between the U.S. term 'elevator', and the British term 'lift')
What is the British received pronunciation?
A language that is in vigorous use, with literature in a standardized form being used by some though it is not widespread or sustainable.
What is a vigorous language?
A language that results from the mixing of a colonizers language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated. (ex. Louisiana Creole, a french-based Creole language with African and other such influences)
What is a Creole language?
A mexican Holiday that celebrates and honors the lives of deceased loved ones, with the belief that the spirits rise to visit their families. The celebration blends Indigenous traditions with Spanish Catholic customs. (ex. the movie Coco, released in 2017, takes place during the celebrations of this holiday)
What is Dia de los Muertos?
THe reduction in cultural diversity through the popularization and diffusion of a wide array of cultural symbols-- not only physical objects, but customs, ideas, and values.
The Vikings took this language and integrated it into the English language, increasing more of our aggressive words and terminology.
Who used the language of Vular Latin?
A language that is at risk of falling out as its speakers die out or are shifting to a new language. (ex. the language of Chamicuro, a near-extinct language formerly spoken in Peru)
What makes a threatened language?
An institution charged with safe-guarding the correct use of the Spanish language.
What is the Spanish Royal Academy?
Not to be confused with Carnaval, a nationwide festival in Brazil, this event is celebrated before Lent, this festival is famous for its elaborate masks, costumes, and parades, especially in Venice, Italy.
What is Carnevale?