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8715473476one-halfnearly ______ of the worlds population speaks a language belonging to the indo-european language family0
8715480042spanish, french, italian, portuguese, and romanianfive most widely spoken romance languages1
8715492332indo-iranianwhich branch of the indo-european family has the most speakers2
8715502438eastern europe: ukraine and russialanguages in the balto-slavic branch are found primarily in3
8715513318roman alphabetwhat alphabet does english use4
8715519564marija gimbutas__________ had the theory that language diffused by war5
8715557652colin renfrew_________ had the theory that language was diffused by farming6
8715572781angles, jutes, saxonswhat three european peoles originally came together to form the english language and english people7
8715586951southern denmarkwhere are the angles from8
8715590694northern denmarkwhere are the jutes from9
8715593637germanywhere are the saxons from10
8715596575franglaismix of french and english11
8715596579spanglishmix of spanish and english12
8715600016denglishmix of german and english13
8715607693englishthe most important language of international communication is14
8715607694lingua francalanguage of international communication15
8715613661native speakersa pidgin language has no16
871562929790languages are spoken by at least 10 million speakers17
8715632262304approximately ____ languages are spoken by between 1 and 10 million people18
87156406686,708 , 1 millionthe remaining_______ languages are spoken by fewer than ______ people19
8715645388official languageused by government for laws, reports, and public objects such as street signs, money, and stamps20
8715655939literary traditiona language that is written as well as spoken21
8715660561institutional languageused in education, at work, on television, mass media, and government speaks it22
8715677878developing languagesspoken daily, used by all ages23
8715680578vigorous languagespoken daily, used by all ages, lacks literary tradition24
8715693837vigorous language lacks literary traditionmain difference between developing and vigorous language25
8715697083language familycollection of languages related through a common ancestral language26
8715702908language branchcollections of languages within a family27
8715706161language groupcollections of languages within a branch displaying similar grammar and vocab28
8715715355indo european and sino tibetanwhat are the two largest language families29
8720260471dialectregional variation of a language30
8720274052vocal, spelling, and pronunciationdialects are distinguished by three things31
8720277347subdialectsubdivision of a dialect32
8720285682standard languagedialect that is well established and widely recognized as the most acceptable for government, businesses, education, and mass communication33
8720304066isoglossword usage boundary34
8720311186north, south, midland, and west4 major u.s. dialect regions35
8720329652children begin to learn the and practice ita language is classified as reawakening when36
8720342312acculturationa creolized language results from37
8720346864sino tibetanwhat is the second largest language family38
8720351980vulgar latinwhat was spoken by common people in southern europe39
8720357623denmarkwhich of the following is the best example of a monolingual state40
8720366898all are in the info european language familywhat do the languages of english, spanish, and hindi have in common41
8720378788isolationwhy did basque survive despite being surrounded by info european languages42
8720385161europewhich region has the fewest languages that are under threat of extinction43
8720395120toponyma _______ is a place that reveals what his important to people and what the land is like44
8720407573logogramsas opposed to other languages that are phonetic chinese uses ________ that are not phonetic45
8720415574hebrewan extinct language but came back and survived46
8720420568greekwhat is not a romance language47
8720429209physicalthe political boundaries of europe follow boundaries which follow _________ boundaries48
8720435269flemish/dutchwhat language is spoken in the northern part of belgium49
8720441167indo europeanwhat language family is french a member of50
8720448749spanishwhich of the following is not an official language of switzerland51
8720461452sino tibetanmandarin chinese is part of what branch52
8720467654normansnot a germanic speaking people that influenced english53
8720470181british colonialismhow was english brought to canada54
8720615184isolated languagelanguage that is unrelated to any other and therefore not attached to any language family55
8720634791extinct languagelanguage that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer in use56
8720675855creolized languagea language that results from the mixing of a colonizers language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated57
8720694775pidgin languagea form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca; used for communications among speakers of two different languages58
8720711344received pronunciations (rp)the dialect of english associated with upper-class britons living in london and now considered standard in the united kingdom59
8720747565English, French, Arabic, russian, spanish, mandarin6 languages of the United Nations are60
87208131467,106how many living languages are in the world61
8720844109rootssuperfamilies are known to represent the ______ of the tree62
8720868295flemish speaking north (flanders) and french speaking south (wallonia)belgium has two lingual regions63
8720908590vocab, spelling, and pronunciationdifferences between british english and american english64

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