Language & Religion Review

Language & Religion Unit Review

What is the relationship between geography and languages religions?

Study this map of language distribution. Without a key, what guesses can you make about the data?

Poll

What is your best guess for the previous map's data about language?

• Data indicates where the most popular languages are spoken

• Data indicates distribution of language groups and dialects

• Data indicates distribution of minority languages that are endangered/extinct

• Data indicates distribution of language branches, groups, dialects, and accents.

Language Trees

• Roots (below the trunk) are possible superfamilies

• Trunks are language families with at least 9 million speakers

• Branches are language branches

• Split branches are language groups

• Leaves are specific languages

• The larger the trunk, branch, or leaf, the more speakers

What are the names of the two largest language families?

Multiple Choice

What are the names of the 2 largest language families?

• Indo-European & Sino-Asiatic

• Indo-European & Afro-Asiatic

• Indo-European & Sino-Tibetan

• Ethno-European & Balto-Slavic

• Germanic-European & Sino-Tibetan