APHUGs Language

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The current distribution of languages around the world is largely a result of

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migration

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A group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is a

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language family

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What are the two largest language families in the world?

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Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European

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A lingua franca is

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a language understood by people who have different native languages

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A pidgin language

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has no native speakers.

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English has achieved unprecedented acceptance globally due to its role as the common language of a global economy and culture.

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its role as the common language of a global economy and culture.

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A regional variation of a language including distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation of words is called a(n)

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dialect.

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The Icelandic language has changed less than any other Germanic language because of

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Iceland's relative isolation from other places.

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Hebrew is an example of

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a revived language.

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language is important to culture because

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it is the means of spreading cultural ideas