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Language Family Flashcards

1
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number of Language Family

A

147

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2
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Number of known living language

A

7,105

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3
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Number of deaf sign Language

A

137

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4
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Some languages belong together because they derive from a single ancestor language—called???

A

Protolanguage

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5
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Two languages grew out of single language

A

Sisters

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6
Q

Languages with common ancestry are

grouped together in__________

A

Families

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7
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To identify related languages, what method of analysis do linguist use?

A

Comparative analysis

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8
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concerned with the reconstruction of an earlier
language or earlier state of a language based on a
comparison of related words and expressions in
different languages or dialects derived from it.

A

Comparative Analysis

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9
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a word that is related in origin to
another word.

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cognate

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10
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Number of Language Family

A

147

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11
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Number of language in Niger- Congo

A

1551

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12
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Number of Language in Austronesian

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1257

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13
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Number of Language in Trans-New Guinea

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481

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14
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Number of Language in Sino-Tibetan

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457

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15
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Number of Language in Indo-European

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446

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16
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Number of Language in Afro-Asiatic.

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382

17
Q

Number of Major Language Family

A

6

18
Q

What are the largest language families?

A

Niger-Congo
Austronesian
Trans-New Guinea
Sino-Tibetan
Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic.

19
Q

refers to languages that have no
demonstrable living ancestors, so their history and
origins remain a mystery. Examples of this include
the Korean and Japanese languages, along with 86
other languages.

A

Language Isolates

20
Q

One of the most important factors that led to the
discovery of the Indo-European language family (language of ancient
India.)

A

Sanskrit

21
Q

the older form of the language is gone, but it still
lives on through its descendants

A

pseudo Extinction

22
Q

The language is being passed on from parents to
children naturally, and it looks like this will
continue indefinitely.

A

Safe

23
Q

Some kids are learning the language as their
mother tongue but likely won’t teach it to their
children. In Indonesia, some languages have tens
of thousands of speakers but are endangered by the
spread of other, more dominant languages.

A

Endangered

24
Q

Some people, mainly older generations, still speak
the language, but no kids are learning it. The
language will be lost forever when the current
adults and elders are gone. Anambe, spoken in
Brazil, lists just seven speakers.

A

Moribund

25
Q

No one speaks the language anymore as a mother
tongue. Scholars and adults may learn bits of it, but
it’s not learned as anyone’s native language.

A

Extinct

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