Exam 4: The Geography of Language: Locating the Spoken Word

About how many languages and dialects are spoken in the world today?

In the United States, the current status of American English dialects suggests that Americans are becoming more alike as a national culture begins to overwhelm regional ones.

Toponyms often reflect spatial patterns of national origin and dialect.

Which is LEAST likely to be found in a linguistic refuge area?

From the eighth through fifteenth centuries

Which is NOT a dominant language in the world today?

Approximately what percentage of the world's languages are classified as "endangered"?

The expansion of Islam as a religion and the evangelical success of the Muslims in Southwest Asia and North Africa facilitated the diffusion of:

-Into what language family does Han Chinese fall?

What is the largest and most widely spoken language family?

-According to the map, the southern dialect is spoken in all of the following states EXCEPT:

The most widely spoken Afro-Asiatic language is:

The written Chinese language is about 10,000 years old.

Hebrew and Arabic are:

-According to the map shown here, which statement is NOT true?

Why are more than 75 percent of the current languages categorized as nearly extinct located in the Americas and the Pacific?

Those who speak one dialect of a language likely can understand others who speak a dialect of the same language.

A common shortcut used by English-speakers to compensate for the lengthiness of alphabetic writing systems is:

-Based on the table, which statement is accurate?

A language hotspot is a region in which a native language is flourishing.