APHG Chapter 5 part 1

APHG Chapter 5 part 1

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_____________is a system of communication through speech, movement, sounds, or symbols that a group of people understands to have the same meaning

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Languages are organized into _________ , Branches and Groups.

Multiple Choice

A language _______h is a collection of languages within a

family related through a common ancestral language

• Branch

• Family

• Group

• Institutional

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The most diverse sounds in languages are found in ________ (two words), implying language originated there and became less diverse with diffusion.

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More than 90% of the people in the world use a language

that belongs to one of _______language families

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____________ languages developed from Latin, the

language of the Roman empire. The most widely used are Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian.