Language and Linguistics Flashcard

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Analyze the process of how protolanguages became modern languages. Options: Languages split as religions and ethnic groups form, New languages form as people move apart and dialects diverge, New languages form as official languages are created by research teams, New languages form as mass media distributes slang

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New languages form as people move apart and dialects diverge

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Which language family is most widely spoken with about 46% of the population speaking a language from that family?

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Indo European

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Which of the four general alphabets serves languages like Spanish, German, and English?

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Latin

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If a language only has a few remaining speakers of older age what two terms best fit it?

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Dying and Endangered

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Why might it be of interest to an ethnic group to preserve their smaller language rather than adopting a lingua franca?

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To preserve ethnic identity

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List the unit of language classification from largest to smallest.

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Family, Branch, and then Group

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What two distinctions make the difference between a language and a dialect?

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Different words for the same items.

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How many languages go extinct every year?

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6 %

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How many languages are there globally?

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7,000

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All modern languages are descended from what early form?

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Proto Languages