APHG Ch 5 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Language | A system of communication though symbols, gestures, and a collection of sounds that a group of people understand to have the same meaning |
| Ideogram | symbols that indicate words/parts of words |
| Phenome | Sounds used that distinguish one word from another |
| Protolanguage | Earliest form of a language |
| Afro-Asiatic | Arabic and Hebrew. Located in S.W. Asia and N. Africa. |
| Niger-Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa. Swahili: No written tradition |
| Indo-European | Most widely spoken. UN official languages: English, French |
| Sino-Tibetan | Various Chinese languages and dialects. Mandarin is most widely spoken language |
| Nomadic warrior Hypothesis | Languages spread through military due to herders from Kazakhstan conquering Europe and Asia 4,000 BCE |
| Sedentary Farmer Hypothesis | Language spread through agriculture. 6,000 BCE from turkey |
| Language spread from religion | Missionaries spread Islam and Arabic language |
| Language spreads from trade | 500 CE Swahili became lingua franca. Spread through Bantu Migration. Isn’t always official language or 1st language of the counties but each knows the language |
| Language spread through colonialism | English, Dutch, French. All official languages |
| Isogloss | Geographic boundary in which a particular linguistic feature occurs |
| Accent | Way people speak and the way words are pronounced in different parts of the world |
| Syntax | Arrangement of words and phrases |
| Vernacular | The common language/dialect spoken by people |
| Dialect | Region of language that differs from other areas using specific words (Ya’ll) |
| Standard language | Most acceptable for government, business, education and mass communication |
| Orthography | Conventional spelling of a language |
| Creole | Indigenous and colonizer languages are mixed |
| Ebonic | Dialect spoken by some African Americans |
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