Language - Human Geo

Proto Language

Proto Language

Ancestral Language

Language Family

a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language or parental language, called the proto-language

Language Branch

related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. differences are not as extensive or as old as with language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm

language Group

a collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past

Dialect

form of a language spoken in a particular geographical area or by members of a particular social class or occupational group, distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation.

Isogloss

The region where a word or certain dialect is spoken

Phonetic Alphabet

A way of making words by combining symbols that stand for sounds

Ideogram

hieroglyphics, cuneiform, Chinese characters are all examples of symbols of something concrete used to represent an idea, concept or something abstract

Pictograph

a pictorial symbol for a word or phrase

Official Language

When a government designates a language as laws, reports, and public projects

2nd Language

English is the most common _____________________in the world

Mandarin

The most spoken 1st Language in the world

English

Born of Germanic Invasions

Indo-European

The largest/most extensive Language Family and Language Family of English

Sino-Tibetan

The 2nd largest Language Family in the worl, but includes a language that is the most spoken native language in the world

Pidgin Language

Has no native speakers, but can be developed to communicate between languages in order to do business

Lingua Franka

Literally translates to "language of the Franks", but implies an international language used to facilitate trade between 2 nations

Creolized

A blend of a colonizer and a native (language, culture, person)

West Germanic

Language Group of English

Germanic

Language Branch of English

Cause for its international acceptance

English's use in international business and science

Why is English the official language in some African Countries?

English is an accepted language so it does not show favoritism to one group over another.