?PAGE ? ?PAGE ?1? Chapter 5 Name___________________ Language 1. Where is French spoken by a majority of people in Canada? Why? 2. Where is Spanish spoken as a first language in many areas of the United States? Why? 3. What is an official language, and why doesn?t the United States have one? 4. Why would many former British colonies choose English as their official language? 5. Why is language like luggage, and why is it often an example of acculturation? Key Issue I Where Are English Language Speakers Distributed? Origin and Diffusion of English English Colonies 6. What helps explain the world?s distribution of English speakers? Origin of English in England German Invasion