APHUG Module 23

Language family

A group of related languages that share a common ancestry.

Dialect

A regional variation of a language that is understood by people who speak other variations of that language.

Semitic religious hearth

The region where the three major religions arose among people who spoke Semitic languages, located in southwest Asia.

Indus-Ganga religious hearth

Located in the Northern edge of the Indian subcontinent, where Hinduism and Buddhism originated.

East Asian religious hearth

A major region associated with various religious traditions including those in East Asia.

Proselytic

Describes a religion that spreads its message to others through missionary work.

Where the Indo-European language family is dominant

Europe, Russia, North and South America, Australia, and parts of Southwest Asia and India.

Indo-European subfamilies

Romance, Slavic, Germanic, Indic, Celtic, and Ironic.

Two major language families under Indo-European

Sino-Tibetan and Afro-Asiatic.

Location of the sino Tibetan region

Extends throughout most of China and southeast asia

Location of the Semitic languages

Arabian peninsula and euphrates river of iraq through Syria and north africa

Christianity location

Europe, Latin America, caribbean, sub saharan africa, and north america

Hinduism place

Mandir or temple

Hinduism belief

Reincarnation, karma, caste system

Buddhism writing

Tripitaka

Buddhism belief

“Four noble truths”, life is suffering and how to overcome it, “eightfold path leads to enlightenment/nirvana", reincarnation