Definitions
Examples
Definitions
Examples
Random Trivia
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A collection of languages with a common ancestral language is what term?
Language Family
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Give an example of a language family?
Indo European, Afro Asiatic, Sino Tibetan, Niger Congo, etc.
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What is a language group?
Collection of languages related through a common ancestral language, but displays similar grammar and vocabulary
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What is an example of a language group?
West Germanic Group, Romance Language Group, etc.
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What is a tradition?
Transmissions of habits or customs from a generation to generation
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This term shares a common ancestral language, but it is not as old or significant between families. What is it?
language Branch
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Balto-Slavic, Germanic, and Romance are all examples of what?
Language Branch
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What is an official language?
it is a language used by a country for official documents and public objects
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Spanish is considered the _________ ______________ of Spain
Official language
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What are the two largest language families of southwest Asia and North Africa?
Afro Asiatic, and Altaic
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Language of international communication is what?
Lingua Franca
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English, Arabic, Swahili are all an example of what?
Lingua Franca
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The written form of a language is what term?
Literary Tradition
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What is an example of a literary tradition?
Chinese characters, alphabet, numerals.
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What is a taboo?
A taboo is a food restriction or preference based on religion
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What is dialect? Define it.
Regional variation
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What are distinctive characteristics of a dialect?
Vocab, grammar, and spelling
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A language created when people combined parts of two or more languages into a simplified structure and vocab is what term?
Pidgin language
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Spanglish, Denglish, and Franglais are all examples of _______?
a pidgin language
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Compare reasons for distribution of clothing styles for folk and pop culture?
Folk cultures clothing choices depends on agricultural practices and the climate, while pop culture reflects occupation and/or income.
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This term maps geographic language boundaries within which a particular linguistic feature occurs. What is the term?
Isogloss
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What type of region does an isogloss show?
Vernacular region
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What is a creole language?
It is a pidgin language that has developed a more complex structure
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Creole language contains which main complexity? A. Grammar. B. Vocabulary. C. Spelling
B. vocabulary
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Name all 4 branches of Indo-European:
Indo Iranian, Romance, Balto Slavic, and Germanic