Language Facts
How are some ancient forms of Greek read?
Some ancient forms are read from bottom to top
Why did yo-he-ho form?
It came from the people's needs to work together. First, then grunted, then they chanted, and finally came up with words.
What language do Afrikaans, Dutch, Flemish, and Frisian (just to name a few) come from?
Low German (Modern Low German also come from it)
How long did Sequoyah take to develop his syllabary, or alphabet?
12 years, from 1809 to 1821
What is a palindrome?
A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward (examples: radar, Hannah, civic)
What is a phoneme?
The smallest unit of sound in language
What do the first sounds have to do with with the theory of la-la?
Love, play, poetry, and music.
What languages come from Latin?
Spanish, Italian, Russia, Portuguese, and French
Where is Sequoyah from?
Sequoyah lived his entire life in the Americas
What is a creole?
A language that has developed from a pidgin
Which languages does English take its suffixes and. prefixes from?
Greek and Latin
What does the idea of ding-dong propose?
People reacted to the environment and formed speech
Which early language did a lot of modern-day languages come from?
Latin
Who was Sequoyah and what did he do?
Sequoyah was a Native American Cherokee silversmith who made an adaptation of the Roman alphabet
What is a pun?
Word play based on the different possible meanings of a word
Why are cave paintings significant?
They suggest that before speech, humans may have communicated in other forms such as sign language
What idea does the theory of pooh-pooh propose?
People came up with speech to express emotions.
What does Russian come from?
East Slavic
Why did Sequoyah create the adaptation of the Roman alphabet?
He had English books written in the form of the Roman alphabet, which he couldn't read; and because his fellow Natives didn't have written languages.
Reordering the letters in a word to make a new one
Anagram (Example: funeral; real fun)
Why is using language important?
Language is important for sharing thoughts and needs, we can go far back in history, and languages can be lost over time if not used frequently.
What is the theory of people imitating animal sounds called?
Bow-wow
What kind of person create language families?
A linguist creates language families and records as many of the world's languages as possible
How did Sequoyah create his alphabet?
He produced a syllabary of 86 characters based on the Roman alphabet
What is the regional variation of a language called?
Dialect