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8400131298literary traditionsystem of written communication0
8400138316language familycollection of language related through a common ancestral language1
8400147829language branchcollection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language2
8400158610language groupcollection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively of the recent past and similar grammar and vocab3
8400263331families braches groupswhat are languages organized into?4
8400281748indo-European and Sino-Tibetan 2/3 of the worldwhat are the two largest language families?5
8400299684Indo-Europeanthis language family is predominate in Europe, North America, South Asia, and Latin America6
8400322180Sino-Tibetanthis language family is predominate in the republic of china and several other southeastern countries7
8400329238mandarinwhat is the most used language in the world?8
8400342099Afro-Asiatic and the Altaicwhat are the two largest language families in Northwestern Africa, Central Asia, and Southwest Asia?9
8400402989Arabianwhat language to the Afro-Asiatic speak?10
8400412388Turkishwhat language do the Altaic speak?11
8400416604Swahiliwhat is the language of the Niger Congo?12
8400438629Germanic Branch Indo Iranian Branch Batoslavic branch Romance Branchwhat are the distributions of the indo-European family?13
8400473045North America and Northwestern Europe and they speak Englishwhere is the Germanic branch located and what do they speak?14
8400488674It is spoken in South asiawhere is the Indo-Iranian branch located?15
8400507131indicwhat is the eastern group of Indo-Iranian?16
8400514617Iranianwhat is the western group of Indo-Iranian?17
8400530214eastern Europewhere is the basto-slavic branch located?18
8400541955Russia, Ukrainian, and Belarusianwhere is the east Slavic group located?19
8400555747Czech and the Polandwhere is the west Slavic group located?20
8400571215southwestern Europe and Latin Americawhere is the romance branch located?21
8400584660Angles Jutes Saxonswhat are the 3 Germanic tribes of which English has been diffused?22
8400594744anglesGermanic tribe located in southern Denmark23
8400601594jutesGermanic tribe located in northern Denmark24
8400610280SaxonsGermanic tribe located in northwestern Germany25
8400625030Dialectregional variation of a distinctive vocab, spelling, and pronunciation26
8400656749isoglossboundaries of where regional words are used can be mapped27
8400673088Midlands Southeastern New Englandwhat are the three different dialect regions28
8400683008lingua francalanguage of international communication29
8400692309creolized languagea language that results in the mixing of languages30
8400704572franglaisa term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language31
8400727128official languagein multilingual countries the language selected to promote internal cohesion, usually the language of the courts and government32
8400753602pidgin languagewhen 2 or more languages are combined in a simplified structure and vocab33

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