Geography Chapter 5: Language Quiz

A group of languages which share common linguistic and have evolved from a common ancestor.

Differences are not as extensive or as old as with language families and evidence can confirm that the branches derived from the same family.

An example would be Indo-European family has several branches, among them, Germanic, Romance, and Slavic.

• Language family

• Language branch

• Lingua franca

• Dialect

The form of a language used for government business, education, and mass communications.

• Language branch

• Standard language

• Official language

• Romance languages

The collapsing of two languages into one resulting from the consistent interaction of peoples with different languages

• Lingua franca

• Language branch

• Speech situations

• Language convergence

A collection of languages within a family with a common ancestral language.

For example, languages, such as Spanish, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese, and French, all belong to the language family known as "romance languages.

• Language family

• Language branch

• Dialect

• Lingua franca

A language used to make communication possible between people who do not share a native language.

English is by far one of the most common lingua francas in the world today, particularly in the areas of business, technology, science, and more.

• Language family

• Lingua franca

• Pidgin

• Dialect

The study of place names

An example would be the state of Washington named after George Washington. A street like John Burke Drive named after a teacher at Anita High School.

• Biography

• Pidgin

• Dialect

• Toponymy

A simplified form of speech developed from two or more languages

• Agriculture theory

• Conquest theory

• Dialect

• Pidgin

A language that a state adopts to unify the people

An example would be that the US does not have an one however some states have chosen English.

• Political organization

• Official Language

• Pidgin Language

• Standard Language

groups within a culture that are responsible for public decision making and leadership, maintaining social cohesion and order, protecting group rights, and ensuring safety from external threats

• Cultural values

• Official language

• Political organization

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  Rise of cities

An historic language from which known languages are believed to have descended by differentiation of the proto-language into the languages that form a language family.

• Proto-language

• Dialect

• Langue

• Pidgin