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a regional variation of a language.
differences in Vocabulary, spelling, and pronounciation
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| what are the two largest families in the world? Approximatly what percentage of the world speaks languages in these two families? |
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1. Indo-European (48%)
2. Sino- Tibetan Family (26%) |
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| List three German tribes that invaded England |
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| Why is English the most important language in North America |
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| Diffusion via the English colonists |
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| English is part of which language family? |
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| Germanic of Indo-European |
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| Which language has changed less than any other Germanic language due to its isolation |
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| List the five Romance languages |
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| french, italian, romanian, spanish, portuguesse. |
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| The language spoken by solgieres stationed throughout the Roman Empire was know as ________ _______ |
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| Define and give an example of a croelized language |
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| a fusian/ mixture of colonial language and indigenous (local) languages. Haitian croele= mix of french and african |
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| What are the two most important/widely spoken languages in south america? |
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| List the four official languages of Switzerland |
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| French, German, Italian, Romansh |
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| The Basque language (Euskera) is spoken in what mountain range that separate Spain from France? |
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| According to Colin Renfrew's Anatolian hearth theory, why did Indo-European languages diffuse acroos Europe? |
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| List two languages that belong to the Sino-Tibetan language family |
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| Chinese (manderan), Thai, and Burmese |
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| Which language has the most native speakers in the world? |
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| Define lingue france and give two examples of lingue france languages and where they are spoken |
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| lingue franca is an international communication used to conduct business. Usually speakers second or third language. Example: English in India or Nigeria |
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| List three ways that British and American dilaects of English differ |
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-spelling
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-vocabulary |
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| Deine isogloss and give an example of an isogloss |
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a word usage boundary
Example: coke, soda pop, coca-cola |
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| What is the difference between a sect and a branch? |
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| sect is a smaller group of a religion and a Branch is a larger group |
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| List, in order, the three largest universalizing religions |
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| 1. christianity 2. islam 3. buddism |
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| name the largest ethnic religion |
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| Which type of diffusion caused christianity to first spread from its hearth |
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| relocation diffusion (i.e. missionaries) |
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| Why are Roman Catholoics clustered primarly in the southwest? |
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| relocation diffusion of roman cathlics from central america |
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| list three ethnic religions |
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| judaism, hinduism, shintoism, condusianism, daoism |
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| list three major branches of christianity |
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| catholic, eastern orthodox, or protestant |
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| list for protestant denominations |
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| anglican, presbytarian, methodist, baptist, pentecostal, episcipalian |
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| In which region of the world are muslims clustered |
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| the middle east (southwest asia) to central asia |
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| list the two major branches of islam. which of the two branches is the dominant branch? |
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| sunni (dominant) and shitte |
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| What is the holiest book in Hinduism |
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| define the term adherents |
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| followers of a particular religion |
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| followers of which religion are permitted to belive in other religions simultaneously? |
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| What do animists believe? where do most of the world's animists live? |
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| the belief htat God is in everything. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA |
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| Name three religious groups that trace their origin to Abraham |
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| Cremation is more important then berial in which religion |
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