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Define: Threatened Language

Language that is losing users

100

Which of the following is the largest on the language tree? 

A. language family 

B. Language Branch 

C. Language Group 

A. Language Family 

100

What is lingua franca? 

What is the world's leading lingua franca? 

language mutually understood and commonly used to communicate by people who have different native languages 

English 

100

True or false: 

An extinct language is still being used in daily activities

False

100

A pidgin language has 

A. Simplified grammar 

B. Limited vocabulary 

C. Both 

C. Both -simplified grammar and limited vocab

200

Geographic boundary where a particular linguistic feature occurs

- Language group

- Vigorous language

- Isogloss

Isogloss

200

Which of the following is the largest language family?

A. Sino- Tibetan 

B. Indo-European 

C. Austro-Asiatic 

B. Indo-European 

200

Should NLHS students be required to take a certain number of language credits to graduate high school? 

Why or why not? 

What languages if yes? 

opinion 

200

The main way that languages have moved from place to place is through hierarchical diffusion 

True or False? 

False - Relocation diffusion 

200

Why should Congress NOT make English the official language of the United States? 

Pick one and Explain: 

- Discriminatory 

- States should decide 

- English isn't threatened 

Discriminatory - Not everyone speaks/knows English. There are different cultures and languages in the US. 

States should decide - People should have a say/vote about the country they live in regarding speech. 

English isn't threatened - English is the assumed official language of the United States and people will continue to learn the language. 

300

Define: logogram 

Ex: Apple for apple products; golden arches for McDonalds

Symbols that represent words

300

Which of the following languages is NOT in the same language branch as the others? 

A. Spanish 

B. German

C. French 

B. German

300

What is Spanglish? 


What is ebonics? (Hint: which group of people developed it to prevent others from understanding?) 

 What are they examples of? 

Mix of Spanish and English 

African american english created in the time of slavery so their slave owners wouldn't understand what they were saying.


Slang 

300

A majority of CONTENT on the internet is in English 

true or false

true 
300

Which term means " a regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation?" Hint: Water fountain vs. Bubbler

A. Isogloss

B. Dialect

C. Logogram

B. Dialect

400

Language used in education, work, mass media, and government

- Threatened language

- language family 

- institutional language

- logogram

Define: institutional language 

400

Collection of languages related through a common ancestor

- Institutional language

- Threatened language

- Language family 

Define: language family

400

Why did we discuss the countries of Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, and Nigeria? (Hint: what challenges do they face because of the wide variety of cultures in their country?) 

What do they all have in common? (Hint: How do they try to solve the challenges of many different cultures?)

Multi-lingual countries - difficulties among cultural groups- coexistence in an area


Multiple official languages 

Divide and conquer 

Bilingual autonomy 

Spacial compromise

400

A majority of internet USERS are English Speakers

True or false

False

400

What is meant when a language has a "literary tradition"? 

A. Written and Spoken

B. Written but not spoken

C. Not spoken nor written

A. Written and spoken

500

What is language? (write the definition)

Language is a system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning. 

500

Displays similarities in grammar and vocabulary 

- Vigorous language 

- Isogloss

- Language Group 


Language Group 

500

Why SHOULD Congress make English the official language of the United States? 

Pick one and clearly explain: 

- Promote unity 

- Protects English as a majority language 

- Immigrants will assimilate faster 

Unity - everyone speaks language/documents in English; one language = one spokesperson

English as majority language to learn and speak and write in the US vs. other languages such as Spanish.

immigrants assimilate- forcing people who do not speak English to learn English faster

500

Which of the following is true? 

A. a dialect is larger than a language 

B. a language is larger than a dialect 

C. none

B. a language is larger than a dialect

500

Spoken daily, but lacks literary tradition 

- Language group 

- Vigorous language 

- Isogloss

Vigorous language