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Languages of the United States

Chapter 5: Key Issue #1 APHG

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Languages of Malaysia
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Languages Ethnologue ? 7,472 languages & dialects, 7,102 ?living? (used on a daily basis on the means of communication) There is a lot of diversity 10 languages natively spoken by at least 100 million people (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Punjabi, Mandarin, Hindi, Bengali, Arabic, Japanese) 100 languages spoken by 5 million or more people 13 spoken fluently (including as a secondary language) by at least 100 million (10 from above PLUS French, Urdu, German) Literary tradition ? written form of a language Vigorous language ? language without a literary tradition Harder to learn and study Official language ? adopted by law by a gov?t for communication Official means of communication for business, laws, signs, etc. Language is a cultural value

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APHG ? Chapter 5: LanguageFall 2013Mr. Guge, Instructor *Slides used from presentations by? Jane Martinez, Lake Region Senior High Mary Schubert, Hamilton High School Language Defined Organized system of spoken words by which people communicate with one another with mutual comprehension (Getis, 1985). Languages subtly gradate one to another. Dialects and other regional differences may eventually lead to incomprehensibility - a new language. Migration and Isolation explain how a single language can later become two or more. Geographer?s Perspective on Language Language is an essential element of culture, possibly the most important medium by which culture is transmitted.
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