Unit 5

Question 1

language family

Answer 1

collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor

Question 2

indigenous language

Answer 2

a language that is native to a certain region and spoken by the people who are originally from there

Question 3

lingua franca

Answer 3

a language mutually understood and commonly used by people with different native languages

Question 4

dialect

Answer 4

a regional variety of a language distinguished by vocab, spelling, and pronunciation

Question 5

language

Answer 5

system of communication through the use of speech, and sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning

Question 6

pidgin language

Answer 6

a form of speech that is simplified to get around and for communication (unstable, simplified,adopted)

Question 7

language hearth

Answer 7

area from which a language developed and spread

Question 8

creole language

Answer 8

language that results from the blending two languages together (stable, native)

Question 9

revived languages

Answer 9

a language that was almost extinct but is now being used

Question 10

extinct language

Answer 10

a language that was once used but no longer is

Question 11

isolated language

Answer 11

a language that is unrelated to any other languages so it’s not attached to any language family

Question 12

_____ said all languages stem from _____

Answer 12

Atkinsion, Africa

Question 13

what’s the nomadic war hypothesis

Answer 13

Geographer Marija Gimbutas said that the Kurgans diffused language through war in present day Russia

Question 14

what’s the sedentary farmer hypothesis

Answer 14

Geographer Colin Renfrew said that the Anatolians diffused language through farmland search in present day Turkey

Question 15

how did most languages spread before technology

Answer 15

relocation diffusion

Question 16

examples of isolated languages

Answer 16

Bosque in Spain and Icelandic

Question 17

_____ →_____→_______

Answer 17

family, branch, group

Question 18

where is the African language family located

Answer 18

Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 19

where is the Afro-Asiatic language family located

Answer 19

Northern Africa, Middle East

Question 20

where is Indo-European language family located

Answer 20

Middle East, North America, and Europe

Question 21

where is the Sino-Tibetan language family located

Answer 21

China and Southeast Asia

Question 22

Sub-Saharan languages:__

Answer 22

Swahili is the most common

Question 23

Afro-Asiatic languages:__

Answer 23

Arabic is the most common

Question 24

Indo-European languages:__

Answer 24

European languages like English,Italian, Polish, etc.

Question 25

Sino-Tibetan languages:__

Answer 25

Mandarin has the most native speakers globally and Cantonese is the second largest

Question 26

Where are Indo-Iranian languages located

Answer 26

Asia

Question 27

North America=

Answer 27

English then Spanish

Question 28

Central and South America=

Answer 28

Spanish

Question 29

Brazil=

Answer 29

Portuguese

Question 30

Sub-Saharan Africa=

Answer 30

Swahili

Question 31

North Africa and South West Asia=

Answer 31

Arabic

Question 32

Europe=

Answer 32

Indo-European languages

Question 33

South Asia=

Answer 33

Hindi

Question 34

East Asia=

Answer 34

Mandarin

Question 35

Describe the Proto Indo-European language family

Answer 35

the origin language ALL Indo-European languages, only a theory and can't be proven

Question 36

Where did Indo-European languages diffuse from

Answer 36

modern day Turkey/Russia

Question 37

Who diffused Indo-European languages

Answer 37

Anatolians

Question 38

Who diffused Indo-European languages

Answer 38

Anatolians→Hittites

Question 39

How did Indo-European languages diffuse

Answer 39

conquest, exploration, and migration

Question 40

Where did Indo-European languages diffuse to

Answer 40

Asia and Europe

Question 41

Describe the language diffusion in Europe

Answer 41

relocation diffusion, migration, and isolation

Question 42

Describe language diffusion in North and South America

Answer 42

colonization and exploration

Question 43

Mandarin is the lingua franca of:

Answer 43

East Asia

Question 44

Swahili is the lingua franca of:

Answer 44

Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 45

Spanish is the lingua franca of:

Answer 45

South and Central America

Question 46

Russian is the lingua franca of:

Answer 46

East Europe

Question 47

English is the lingua franca of:

Answer 47

the world

Question 48

Example of a extinct language

Answer 48

Latin

Question 49

Example of a revived language

Answer 49

Welsh in the U.K. and Hebrew in Israel

Question 50

Official Language

Answer 50

language that is the government language of the country

Question 51

Standard Language

Answer 51

the proper form of a specific language

Question 52

Mandarin uses _____ which is _________

Answer 52

logograms, using symbols to represent words or phrases