Where Are Languages Found In The World Flashcards
Sino Tibetan family
21% number 2
China
Indo European family 46%
Number 1
Afroasiatic family
6% number 3
Middle East
Austronesian family
6% number 4
Southeast Asia
Niger Congo family
6% number 5
Africa
Dravidian family
4% number 6
India
Altaic family
2% number 7
Asia
Austria asiatic family
2%
Number 8
Southeast Asia
Japanese language family
2%
Japan
China
Sink Tibetan
Middle East
Afro asiatic
Southeast Asia
Austronesian and austro asiatic
Africa
Niger Congo
India
Dravidian
Asia
Altaic
Japan
Japanese
Most used language in the world
Mandarin
Ideograms
Represent ideas or concepts not specific pronunciations
North Africa
Afro asiatic
Subsaharan africa
Niger Congo
Indonesia
Austronesian
Indonesia’s most widely spoken language
Javanese
Most spoken austro asiatic
Vietnamese
Tai kadai
Once a branch of sino Tibetan
Major language of Afroasiatic family
Arabic
Most spoken language of Altaic family
Turkish
Austronesian most spoken language
Javanese
Official nigercongo language
Swahili
Extinct languages
No longer spoken or read I daily activities
Hebrew
A revived extinct language
Irish Gaelic
Ireland official language
Scottish Gaelic
Gaelic was carried from Ireland to Scotland
Brythonic welsh
Wales is conquered by English
Cornish
Extinct
Breton
More French words than other Celtic languages
Isolated language
Language unrelated to any other and not attached to any language fammily
Australia and English
Less stringent
Tool for promoting culturL diversity
New Zealand and English
Stringent fluent in English,..
Important element is cultural diversity
Basque
Best example of an isolated language
Mountains
Detest back before indo European invasion
Lingua Franca
Language of international communication
Created when elements of two languages mixed together to make a common language
Pidgin language
Simplified language
Lingua Franca + native language grammar and words
Ebonics
Dialects of African Americans used so white cannot understand
Franglais
Combo of French and English
Spanglish
Spanish and English
Denglish
English words with German