Complete the following analogy: southern Europe is to Romance as

eastern Europe is to Balto-Slavic.

southwestern Europe is to Iberian.

eastern Europe is to West Germanic.

A creolized language is

a mix of indigenous and colonial languages.

a revived formerly extinct language.

Dialects developed within England primarily because

different Germanic invaders settled in different regions.

the Viking invaders did not remain long in England.

the Normans invaded from the south.

British Received Pronunciation became the standard dialect.

What is the BEST definition of “language”?

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

a combination of German + English

the most authoritative sources of language

is spoken in daily use by people of all ages, but it lacks a literary tradition

language family that include the languages Wu, Yue, Min, Jinyu, etc.

Organize the world’s languages from biggest classification, to smallest.

language family, language branch, language group, language, dialect

language group, language, language family, dialect

language branch, language group, language, language family, dialect

language family, language branch, language group, dialect, language

Define lingua franca.

a language of international communication, such as English

symbols that represent words or meaningful parts of words

a simplified form of lingua franca that is used to trade

language used in education, work, mass media, and government

that the language is written as well as spoken

One distinctive feature of the Indo-European family is that it

Is spoken by nearly half the world’s population

Has a smaller spatial distribution than other language families

Is the only language family with just one major lingua franca

Includes most of the world’s oldest languages

Which phrase does NOT help explain the language distribution shown on the map?

The differences between American and British English

The increase in the power of US based corporations

The widespread use of the Internet

The impact of British colonialization in Africa and Asia

Which is the best example of the diffusion of a language?

The spread of English via the internet

The decline in use of the Navajo language

The creation of a new language in Haiti

The use of bilingual signs in a county with two official languages

Linguistic geographers use isoglosses to mark

The limits for an area in which particular words are used

The extent to which a lingua Franca is used in a particular area

The area in which an extinct language is used

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Toponymy is the study of

Which of the following languages is NOT part of the Indo-European family?

A highly simplified language developed between linguistically heterogenous groups for the purpose of basic intergroup communication is called:

What is a regional variation of a language?

Which of the following is considered the world’s primary lingua franca?

Which of these modern languages spread globally as a result of religion?

Which of the following is NOT a Slavic language?

_ is the most spoken (largest) language family, and is the second largest.

Which of the following will encompass the largest number of speakers?

Which of the following is not a Romance language?

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Which of the following languages is NOT part of the Indo-European family?

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What is a regional variation of a language?

Which of the following is considered the world’s primary lingua franca?

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___________ is the most spoken (largest) language family, and __________ is the second largest.

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