Language

This Romance Language would dominate the highlighted regions.

• English

• Spanish

• French

• Italian

A regional variation of a language including distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation of words is called a(n)

• vigorous language.

• isogloss.

• developing language.

• dialect.

• official language.

Hebrew is an example of

• an isolated language.

• an extinct language.

• a revived language.

• a language family.

• an Altaic language.

Germanic, Romance, and Slavic are different groups of ______ in Europe.

• food

• cities

• languages

• cars

Russian is an example of a ___________ language.

 

• Romance

• Slavic

• Germanic

• Greek

What have Europeans done to show that they respect the languages of the many European cultures?

• nothing

• fight over it

• created laws to protect languages only spoken by a few

• made everyone speak English

Wednesday in Tongan is....

• Pululu

• Wenerei

• Raapa

• Pulelulu

A language that is no longer spoken or used in daily activities is known as a(n)

• A) extinct language

• B) endangered language

• C) isolated language

• D) revived language

Which of the following is considered a language family?

• A) Indo-European

• B) Latin

• C) English

• D) Mandarin

The process by which a language spreads to areas where it is not originally spoken is called

• A) language diffusion

• B) language isolation

• C) language extinction

• D) language revival