Language Terms
Forces that bring people together.
Centripetal
Which language family would a family in Sub-Saharan Africa most likely use?
Niger-Congo
The number one spoken working language.
English
What is culture divided into?
Material and non-material
The most widely used language family.
Indo-European
Language used in work, education, trade.
institutional Language
A worker in Norway learns that his coworker speaks the same language. What kind of force is this?
Centripetal
There are ____ global language systems.
4
What is formed when two or more culture traits interact with eachother.
Culture Complex
This is a visual that displays the language families and the evolution of the language.
Language Family Tree
The dialect that is considered most acceptable in an are.
Standard Language
Why is there a strong French influence in some parts of Africa?
French colonization of Africa
If a language is used as a mode of International communication, it may be a...
Lingua Franca
A person finds another person's Asian attire interesting. What is this?
Cultural Relativism
Language family that dominates Asia
Sino-Tibetan
Casual or spontaneous language can be called...
Informal Language
What is Tai-kodai and where is it spoken.
A branch of Sino-tibetan language that is spoken in Thailand and parts of China.
Worlds second most widely used language family.
Sino-Tibetan
A Japanese family stores there pottery an a drawer. What is the pottery an example of.
Artifact
What are the four Romance languages?
Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian
Regional variation of a language by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.
Balto Slavic language is predominant in which European region.
Eastern Europe
The system of symbols that represent sound used in the Korean language.
Hankul
What is the difference between folk and pop culture.
Folk culture is more local and in small areas and pop culture is large-scale and spreads across many regions within large societies.
What is an example of an Afro-Asiatic language.
Arabic, Amharic, Somali