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The current distribution of languages around the world is largely a result of
social media
the Internet
Rosetta Stone sales
migration
high school requirements to learn a second language
A group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is a
dialect
language branch
language family
language group
language root
What are the two largest language families in the world?
Indo-Iranian and Balto-Slavic
Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European
Afro-Asiatic and Sino-Tibetan
Altaic and Nilo-Saharan
Austronesian and Indo-European
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
a language used by French colonial administrations
A pidgin language
has no native speakers.
is spread by folk culture.
stems from invasion.
cannot exist for more than a generation.
cannot exist without globalization
English has achieved unprecedented acceptance globally due to
the refusal to use English in colonial and imperial expansion.
the diffusion of command economies across much of the world.
its role as the common language of a global economy and culture.
the rise of folk culture and the decline of popular culture.
the diffusion of religion to industrialized nations.
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.
The Icelandic language has changed less than any other Germanic language because of
Iceland's close contact with other people and activities.
migration by German tribes.
Iceland's relative isolation from other places.
the extinction of the East Germanic group.
continuous exchange with Norway and Sweden.
Hebrew is an example of
an isolated language.
an extinct language.
a revived language.
a language family.
an Altaic language.
language is important to culture because
it is the main determinant of popular and folk culture
it is the means of spreading cultural ideas
it is not important to culture
it only belongs to folk culture
it only spreadsthrough contagious diffusion
