Chapter 5- Languages Flashcards
The main difference between languages in the same family, branch, or group is how:
Recently in time the languages were once the same
A lingua Franca is:
A language understood by people who have different native languages
Basque is a good example of a(n):
Isolated language
The four most frequently spoken branches of Indo-European include all but: A. Balto-Slavic B. Celtic C. Indo-Iranian D. Romance
B. Celtic
The two most important languages in South America are:
Portuguese and Spanish
Russian is part of what language branch?
Balto-Slavic
The Kurgans:
We’re herders from the steppes of Central Asia
According to Colin Renfrew’s research, Indo-European language diffused across Europe and South Asia:
With the diffusion of agricultural practices
English is a part of which language branch?
Germanic
A literary tradition is:
The written form of a language
An isogloss is:
A boundary between language regions
The second largest language family is:
Sino-Tibetan
Marija Gimbutas has contributed to the ______ hypothesis:
Nomadic Warrior
The most important language family in sub Saharan Africa is:
Niger-Congo
British and American English differ in all but the following: A. Alphabet B. Pronunciation C. Spelling D. Vocabulary
A. Alphabet
The language spoken by the greatest number of native speakers in the world is:
Mandarin
Chinese is traditionally written in the form of:
Ideograms or logograms
Hebrew is an example of:
A revived language
A language that was nearly extinct in British controlled areas but which is now being revived is:
Celtic
Which will encompass the largest number of speakers?
Language family
The oldest roots of the English language have been traced back to present day:
Denmark
Complete the following analogy: Argentina is to Spanish as Brazil is to ________.
Portuguese
In both the Kurgan and Anatolian theories of Indo-European, the language family spread through _____ diffusion.
Relocation
Globally, today’s predominant lingua Franca is:
English
