English diffused all over the world for this reason
What is England's establishment of colonies (Relocation diffusion)
100
A dialect that is well established and widely recognized as the most acceptable for government, business, education, and mass communication.
What is Standard Language
100
The Indo-European language tree has this many branches
What is 8
100
Countries with linguistic fragmentation often adopt this to tie people together
What is official language(s)
100
Language used among speakers for the use of trade and commerce
(Include Example(s))
What is Lingua Franca
Arabic, English, Swahili, Frankish
200
This theory holds that early speakers of Proto-Indo-European spread westward on horse back. over powering earlier inhabitants beginning the diffusion of Indo-European tongues.
What is Conquest Theory.
200
These tribes invaded England as part of the German invasion
(Name at least two)
What is Angles, Jutes, and Saxons
200
Hindi, Arabic, and Persian are examples of languages from this branch
What is Indo-Iranian Branch
200
More than 95% of the population in this area speak languages from the Niger-Congo language family
What is sub-Saharan Africa
200
When people speaking two or more languages come together and combine language with simplified vocabulary and structure
What is Pidgin Language
300
This language an official language in about 50 countries
What is English
300
English differs from German for this reason
What is the Norman Invasion. This invasion mixed English with French
300
Name 3 Romance languages
What is Latin, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian
300
Give two examples of a multilingual states
What is Canada, Belgium, India, African countries, etc
300
A regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, pronounciation, and cadence
What is dialect
400
Countries that were formerly this often retain a European language in addition to their native language
What is Colonies
400
Name one reason why American English is different from British English
What is desire for independence, new vocabulary for new inventions, isolation
400
These are the 2 theories of the diffusion of English
What are Conquest Theory and Agriculture Theory
400
This language is extinct but has been revived
What is Hebrew
400
The tracking of sound shifts and hardening of consonants backward to the original language
What is Backward Reconstruction
500
Riots broke out in India when this language was given a status as an official language
What is Hindi
500
This tribe arrived in England around 2000 B.C
What is Celts
500
Approximately this fraction of the world's population speak an Indo-European language
What is one-half
500
This was the major language spoken in the British Isles before the Germanic tribes came.
What is Celtic
500
A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs