Definitions
A written form of language
What is literary tradition?
The principal method of human communication
Language
The languages Germanic, Hellenic, Indo-Iranian, and Italic belong to what language group
What is Indo-European?
Languages that have evolved from a common language ancestor or 'parent language'
What is a language group?
Languages that have evolved from a common language ancestor or 'parent language'
What is a language group?
What language group is used in ~46% of the world
What is Indo-European?
The language or one of the languages that is accepted by a country's government, taught in schools, used in the courts of law, etc.
What is official language?
A group of languages that share common linguistics and have evolved from a common ancestor.
What is language branch?
Where is the romance language group used most
What is Eastern and Southern Europe?
A regional variation of a language that can be distinguished by its distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and spelling
What is dialect?
A group of different languages that all descend from a particular common language
What is language family?
What is the most common language group in Africa
What is Niger-Congo?
A language that is unrelated to any other language
What is isolated language?
The earliest form of communication which is not 100% officially recognized.
What is proto-language?
What 5 major languages are in the romance language group
What is French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Romanian?