Review 3

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

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

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

What is the largest language branch in terms of spoken by most people?

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

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

• creole language
• mix language
• hybrid language

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

• standard language
• dialect
• isogloss
• language family

A lingua franca is

• an English word that has entered the French language.
• a language understood by people who have different native languages.
• an extinct language that has been revived.
• an official language in a region of the world different from where the language originated.