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

In what part of the United States are generic toponyms using "Gap" or "Hollow" often found?

Which culture hearth was home to Sumerians who developed writing 5300 years ago?

The most widespread Semitic language with the greatest number of speakers is:

In which region of Spain did the Spanish language originate?

Which language family is dispersed among the tropical islands stretching east from Madagascar?

The longest-lasting toponyms tend to identify:

Which statement regarding language is NOT correct?

Languages that developed in dense tropical rain forests tend to have a language with more:

According to the Kurgan hypothesis, Indo-European languages diffused from:

According to the Anatolian hypothesis, where did the earliest speakers of the Indo-European languages live?

Consider the following text message: "What do u want 2 do 2night?" The use of "2" in this message is an example of:

Many _____ toponyms are found in modern Spain.

An excellent example of a language that diffused in connection with religion is Arabic.

Why are vocabularies for languages in specific places highly developed for the natural environment in those areas?

-Based on the linguistic family tree, which statement is NOT accurate?

Which is an alphabetic language?

The largest language family is Indo-European.

AAVE and AAL refer to the same dialect.

The language of a conqueror tends to spread through hierarchical diffusion.

The architecture of the Alhambra is: