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

-The official language of China is:

Languages reinforce distinctions between cultural groups.

The emergence of an English dialect in Singapore called Singlish is evidence of:

How many languages are expected to remain extant in the year 2100?

Which argument is NOT made by those who oppose English becoming the official language of the United States?

A language family is:

Toponyms disappear from the landscape when the culture that produced them vanishes.

In North America, the words porch, stoop, balcony, and veranda are used in different regions. If you were to map where each word is said, you would be drawing:

With the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, a common language was needed to unite the Jewish immigrants. _____ was revived as the official national language of the new country.

Language borders that cross plains and major routes of communication tend to be quite stable and enduring.

The Sino-Tibetan language family likely originated in Saudi Arabia.

English and French are spoken in many parts of Africa:

Following the first waves of diffusion of the Indo-European languages, which factor was important in the continued diffusion of the language family?

Which is NOT a syllabic language?

Environmental isolation is an increasingly important linguistic influence.

In 1910, only 10 percent of Americans could speak a language other than English.

The development of a language is closely related to a community's livelihood.

Which language family is dominant south of the Sahara Desert?

-In French the word for three is trois, in Romanian it is trei, in Sanskrit it is travas, and in Welsh it is tri. This indicates that these languages are:

Which is NOT one of the primary hearth areas of the invention of writing?