Where Are Languages Found In The World Flashcards

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Sino Tibetan family

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21% number 2

China

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Indo European family 46%

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Number 1

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Afroasiatic family

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6% number 3

Middle East

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Austronesian family

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6% number 4

Southeast Asia

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Niger Congo family

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6% number 5

Africa

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Dravidian family

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4% number 6

India

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Altaic family

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2% number 7

Asia

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Austria asiatic family

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2%
Number 8
Southeast Asia

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Japanese language family

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2%

Japan

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China

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Sink Tibetan

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Middle East

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Afro asiatic

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Southeast Asia

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Austronesian and austro asiatic

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Africa

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Niger Congo

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India

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Dravidian

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Asia

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Altaic

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Japan

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Japanese

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Most used language in the world

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Mandarin

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Ideograms

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Represent ideas or concepts not specific pronunciations

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North Africa

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Afro asiatic

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Subsaharan africa

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Niger Congo

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Indonesia

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Austronesian

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Indonesia’s most widely spoken language

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Javanese

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Most spoken austro asiatic

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Vietnamese

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Tai kadai

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Once a branch of sino Tibetan

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Major language of Afroasiatic family

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Arabic

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Most spoken language of Altaic family

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Turkish

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Austronesian most spoken language

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Javanese

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Official nigercongo language

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Swahili

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Extinct languages

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No longer spoken or read I daily activities

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Hebrew

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A revived extinct language

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Irish Gaelic

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Ireland official language

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Scottish Gaelic

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Gaelic was carried from Ireland to Scotland

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Brythonic welsh

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Wales is conquered by English

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Cornish

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Extinct

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Breton

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More French words than other Celtic languages

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Isolated language

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Language unrelated to any other and not attached to any language fammily

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Australia and English

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Less stringent

Tool for promoting culturL diversity

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New Zealand and English

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Stringent fluent in English,..

Important element is cultural diversity

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Basque

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Best example of an isolated language

Mountains
Detest back before indo European invasion

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Lingua Franca

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Language of international communication

Created when elements of two languages mixed together to make a common language

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Pidgin language

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Simplified language

Lingua Franca + native language grammar and words

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Ebonics

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Dialects of African Americans used so white cannot understand

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Franglais

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Combo of French and English

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Spanglish

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Spanish and English

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Denglish

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English words with German