Relationship among Languages

A language ____________ is a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history.
Hint: The trunk of the tree

• branch
• family
• dialect
• group

a language developed from a mixture of different languages, usually through colonization. 

• creole language
• mix language
• hybrid language

The largest language family and most widely dispersed language in the world is:

• Afro-Asiatic
• Amerindian
• Sino-Tibetan
• Indo-European

a system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning

• literary tradition
• writing
• language

A regional variation of a standard language, including pronunciation and vocabulary, is called a:

• accent
• dialect
• isogloss
• lingua franca

A word-usage boundary is known as an _______________, 
Look at all the names for soft-drink in the USA

• standard language
• dialect
• isogloss
• language family

In Colombia, the word boundaries marking the geographical areas where the words sandia and patilla are used, would be called a(n) _____________

• dialect
• isogloss
• language

Lingua Franca is....

• a language used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce. 
• A language that is published, widely distributed, and purposely taught is most common in technologically advanced societie
• Variants of a standard language along regional or ethnic lines
• When people speak two or more languages are in contact and they combine parts of their language in a simplified structure and vocabulary

Countries with linguistic fragmentation will adopt this to through media outlets to tie a country together is called....

• Pidgin language
• official language
• lingua franca
• Romance languages

Pidgin language is...

• When people speak two or more languages are in contact and they combine parts of their language in a simplified structure and vocabulary
• a language used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce. 
• Variants of a standard language along regional or ethnic lines
• A language that is published, widely distributed, and purposely taught is most common in technologically advanced