World Languages

Question 1

Lingua Franca

Answer 1

The common language; when two ppl groups don’t speak each other’s native languages, they use a common language

Question 2

Pidgin

Answer 2

Created when a lingua Franca is not available; tool created from the languages of two ppl groups; no native speakers

Question 3

Creole

Answer 3

Language created by the children of language group marriages; usually formed from a pidgin

Question 4

Dialect

Answer 4

Language variety; socially identifiable subgroup

Question 5

Criteria for identifying a language

Answer 5

1. Mutually Intelligibility
2. Systematic Linguistic Differences
3. Socio-political

Question 6

Language isolate

Answer 6

We don’t know what family it is related to; Manx, Ainu

Question 7

Language Classification: Areal

Answer 7

Location; often but not always related to Genetic

Question 8

Language Classification: Genetic

Answer 8

Relationships w/ respect to a shared common ancestral language (Latin)

Question 9

Language Classification: Typological

Answer 9

Grammatical similarities & dissimilarities

Question 10

Undiscovered language

Answer 10

Koro