AP Human Geography Language

What is the BEST definition of “language”?

• a combination of German + English

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

• 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.

Language is like...

• a boat. It is big, loud, and obnoxious. Whoever created it was a big ole dumb dumb.

• a cheetah eating a turtle. If you are the language speaker that talks fast, you will eat away at the conversation and leave no time for the turtle.

• Luggage. No matter where someone is, they always keep their original language.

• nothing. It is pointless and I don’t think we need a source of communication... right?

• food. I love it.

What is the authoritive source of languages?

• Ethnologue

• Wikipedia

• Dictionary.com

• Thesaurus

• Webbster’s Dictionary

True or False: An institutional language is spoken in daily use by people of all ages, from children to elderly individuals.

• True

• False. That would mean it is a developing language.

• False. That would mean it is a vigorous language.

• False. That would mean it is an institutional language.

• There is not enough evidence to tell either way.

What language type is used by governments for laws, reports, and public objects, such as road signs, money, and stamps?

• vigourous language

• developing language

• literary tradition

• official language

• institutional language

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

• language group, language, language family, dialect

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

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

• language

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

Which are the two language FAMILIES with the largest amount of speakers?

• Sino - Tibetan + Dravidian

• Austroasiatic + Austronesian

• Japanese + Indo - European

• Altaic + Uralic

• Indo - European + Sino - Tibetan

What percent of the world’s people speak languages in the Austronesian Family?

• 6%

• 1%

• 27%

• 15%

• 34%

What is the written system for the Korean language known as?

• Tai - Kadai

• Hankul

• Ural

• Tanzania

• Swahili

What is the most widely used language form of lingua franca?

• Spanish

• Portuguese

• Italian

• Latin

• English