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Languages of the United States

AP Human Geography Chapter 5 Vocabulary Review

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Fusional languages
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Languages of the United States
Standard Chinese
Languages in censuses

RUBENSTEIN, An Introduction to Human Geography, The Cultural Landscape Chapter 5 Languages Matching A. A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning. B. A language unrelated to any other language and thus not attached to any language family. C. A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated. D. A boundary that separates regions in with different languages uses predominate. 1. Creole or Creolized Language 2. Isogloss 3. Language 4. Isolated Language Answers: 1)C 2)D 3)A 4)B

Chapter 5

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Fusional languages
Nordic languages
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North Germanic languages
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Languages of India
Languages of Europe
Languages of the United States
National language
Slavic languages
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Chapter 5: Language Language: System of communication through speech, collection of sounds that a group of people understand to have the same meaning. Literary Tradition: System of written communication. Hundreds of languages lack literary tradition. Lacking this makes it difficult to document the distribution of many languages. Official Language: The language a country picks to be dominant. This language is used in government, road signs, money, and stamps. Former British colonies designated English as the official language even though many do not know how to speak the language. People try to preserve local diversity in language, it is one of the basic elements of cultural identity. Language is a cause of development and consequence.

APHUG CH 6 STUDY GUIDE

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Languages of Belgium
Languages of Europe
Languages of India
Languages of the United States
Multilingualism
Dutch language
Indo-European languages
Russian language
Indigenous languages of the Americas
French language
Language
Creole language

Ch. 6 Study Guide -Languages in divided Belgium are Flemish (a variant of Dutch) and French -Flemish (Germanic language) in northern region of Flanders -French (Romance language) in southern region of Wallonia -Economic differences between linguistic groups have been a divisive issue for generations -The vast majority of power and decision making rests with the individual governments of Flanders and Wallonia rather than in a centralized government in Brussels -French government has worked diligently to protect French language -Academie Francaise was an institution charged with standardizing and protecting French language

Ch 2 Cultural Landscape

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Languages of Africa
culture
Languages of Oceania
Demography
Population ecology
population
Languages of Canada
Languages of the United States
Birth rate
Mortality rate
English language
Population growth
Social Issues
Words/definitions

Term Definition British Received Pronunciation (BRP) The dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in the London area and now considered standard in the United Kingdom. Creole or creolized language A language that results from mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people documented. Dialect A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. Ebonic Dialect spoken by some African Americans. Extinct language A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used. Franglais A term used by French for English words that have entered the French language Ideograms

Chapter 5 outline

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Languages of Africa
Culture
Languages of Oceania
Languages of Hong Kong
Languages of Malaysia
Languages of Taiwan
Languages of Macau
Languages of the Philippines
Mandarin Chinese
Trans-cultural diffusion
English language
Mandarin
Social Issues
Politics
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Languages of Africa
culture
Languages of Cameroon
Languages of Mauritius
Languages of Seychelles
Languages of Vanuatu
Languages of the United States
Languages of Europe
Indo-European languages
Language isolate
Finns
French language
chapter 5

Chapter 5 Origin and Diffusion of English- *English is spoken fluently by one-half billion people, more then any language except Mandarin. *Mandarin is clustered in China, while English has diffused world wide. *English is an official language in 50 countries English Colonies: *Distribution of English is because of migrants from England *English is an official language in almost all of its past colonies *English first diffused west --> went to N. America in 17th century *English beat France in a battle in 18th century--secured English as a principal language in N.America
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