APHG- Language

What caused the distribution of English language speakers throughout the world?

• Native English Speakers
• British colonization
• Decision to make English the lingua franca
• U.S. World dominance

Regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.

• Isogloss

• Pidgin

• Dialect

• Accent

A nation in which many languages are spoken. In Switzerland 4 Official Languages are used.

• Monolingual
• Bi-lingual
• Multilingual
• Indo-European

Spanglish...would most likely be found in areas with higher Hispanic populations located in the ______ region of the United States.

• Northeast
• Midwest
• Southwest
• Gulf Coast

This Romance Language would dominate the highlighted regions.

• English
• Spanish
• French
• Italian

The Lingua Franca that dominates the use of the internet is...

• English
• Chinese
• Spanish
• Japanese

language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages

• lingua franca
• language group
• language family
• literary tradition

Which are the first and second most-spoken languages in the world?

• Spanish and English
• Cantonese and French
• German and Mandarin
• Mandarin and English

Which of the following groups invaded England and contributed to the development of the English language?

• Angles
• Saxons
• Normans
• All of the above

English is part of which language family?

• Indo-European
• Sino-Tibetan
• Romance
• North Germanic