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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

Chapter 5: Key Issue #1 APHG

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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

AP Human Geography Chapter 5 Language

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Chapter 5: Language By: Madalyn Smith, Alexander Karnish, Stephanie Konrady, Cheyenne Moore and Jacob Sikorski Key Issue One: Where are English-Language Speakers Distributed? Official language in 42 countries, more than any other language. 2 billion people--one-third of the world--live in a country where English is an official language. English Colonies England established colonies during the past four centuries and brought their language. Colonies Include: America in the 17th century, Ireland in 17th century, South Asia in mid-18th century (India), South Pacific in late 18th century (Australia, New Zealand), and southern Africa in late 19th century. Even if only a select few, typically the elite and colonial rulers could speak English, it became the official language.

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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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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. Terms used in the study of language Language ? tongues that cannot be mutually understood Dialects ? variant forms of a language that have not lost mutual comprehension A speaker of English can understand the various dialect of the language A dialect is distinctive enough in vocabulary and pronunciation to label its speaker Some 6,000 languages and many more dialects are spoken today Terms used in the study of language

Ap Human Geography Chapter 5 test with answers

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CHAPTER 5 1) A literary traditions the written form of a language 2) A form of a language spoken in a local area is a dialect 3) A group of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages is a language branch 4) A group of languages that share a common ancestor before recorded history is a language family 5) The second-largest language family is Sino-Tibetan 6) When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the roots of the trees below the surface represent possible prehistoric super families 7) When languages are depicted as leaves on trees, the trunks of the trees represent language families 8) Germanic invaders of England included all but which tribe? Normans

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Exam Name___________________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) A literary tradition is 1) A) a form of a language spoken in a particular area. B) a collection of languages related to each other. C) the written form of a language. D) the variety of dialects in a language. E) a form of a language used for official government business. 2) A form of a language spoken in a local area is a 2) A) dialect. B) language root. C) language group. D) language branch. E) language family. 3) A group of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages is a 3) A) language root. B) language branch. C) language group. D) dialect. E) language family.

AP Human Geography KBAT 5 Language

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GEOGRAPHY OF LANGUAGE KNOW accent dialect Esperanto extinct language ideogram isogloss isolated language language branch language language group language family lingua franca literary tradition mono-, bi-, multi-linguality official language orthography pidgin standard language toponym trade language vernacular BE ABLE TO ? Discuss the importance and role of language as an element of culture ? Explain how languages are classified and related ? Map the distribution of major language families worldwide ? Show the division of Europe into the following language groups and give specific examples from each a. Germanic b. Slavic c. Romance ? Describe the following characteristics of English
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