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4203402121JutesN. Denmark0
4203402122AnglesS. Denmark1
4203404309SaxonsNW Germany2
4203405670VikingNorway3
4203407014NormansNormandy4
4203410434Frenchofficial language of British isles during 300 year Norman rule5
4203414050relocationtype of diffusion associated with English lang6
4203416813British imperialism/colonialismwho spread the english language7
4203419548dialectregional variation of a language8
4203423255spelling, vocabulary, pronounciation3 ways dialect is distinct9
4203425166BRPBritish Received Pronunciation10
4203432323British received pronunciationUpper class British in London speak it recognized as most formal11
4203438702isoglossfuzzy geographic boundary of a word's use12
4203450181celtsoriginal occupants of British isles13
4203453194official languagelegal or lawful language adopted by a country for business, reports, signs, money, stamps14
4203474742languagesystem of communication15
4203476294orthographyproper writing according to standard language16
4203477055literary traditionwritten language17
4203562645language familya collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed before recorded history.18
4203562646language brancha collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago.19
4203564558language groupa collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary.20
4203569555Proto Indo European Languagetheorized language relating to indo iranian, balto slavic, germanic, and romance languages21
4203575251Kurgan hypothesisnomadic herders that conquered much of Europe and SE Asia in 3500-2500 BCE22
4203582732Anatolian HypothesisPeople living 2000 years before Kurgans and their language spread via agricultural practices not conquest23
4203591992Indo European48% most spoken language family24
4203593184Sino Tibetan26% second most spoken25
4203595499Afro Asiatic6% third most spoken26
4203597252Austronesian5% fourth most spoken language27
4203599411ideogramssymbols representing concepts/ideas rather than a letter/sound from Chinese language28
4203603929oneHow many of Japan's alphabets came from China?29
4203606285Englishmost spoken language worldwide30
4203607056Mandarin#1 native learned language31
4203616361Nigeria and Former Soviet States2 areas where language is centrifugal32
4203621926Walloonsfrench33
4203621927Flandersflemish34
4203625235LagosWhere was Nigeria's capital?35
4203626113YorubanWhere is Nigeria's capital?36
4203628126Swahilimost spoken language in Niger congo37
4203629480mandarinsino tibetan (china)38
4203630656hindiindo european (india)39
4203631596Pashtuoindo european (afghanistan)40
4203633995TurkishAltaic (Turkey)41
4203635874mongolianAltaic- Mongolia42
4203637517SwahiliNiger congo (tanzania)43
4203639745BurmeseSino tibetan (Burma)44
4203641248JavaneseAustronesian (Indonesia)45
4203643170RussianIndo European (russia)46
4203644233Finnishuralic (finland)47
4203646636Farsiindo european (iran)48
4203648260Hebrewafro asiatic (israel)49
4203650002yorubaniger congo (nigeria)50
4203652843KazakhAltaic (kazakhstan)51
4203654686zuluniger congo (south africa)52
4203657715HungarianUralic (hungary)53
4203658952SerbianIndo european (serbia)54
4203661097ArabicAfroasiatic (libya)55
4203666037Tamildravidian (sri lanka)56
4203668876UrduIndo european (pakistan)57
4203683576thaisino tibetan (thailand)58
4203683578nigeriayoruba and igbo and hausa59
4203683577malaymalaysia60
4203877438ebonicsdialect spoken by many blacks who migrated from the south to large northern cities61
4203881563pidgin languagesimplified version of lingua franca62

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