Exam 5: Language

How many language families in the world have at least 100 million native speakers?

The first speakers of the language that evolved into English were tribes that lived in present-day

In what three ways does the English used in the United States differ from the English used in the United Kingdom?

Name the world's second largest language family (used by over one-fifth of the world's population).

Basque is the only non-Indo-European language currently spoken in Europe.

Hebrew is an example of

Name the world's largest language family (used by nearly half of the world's population).

Basque is a good example of a(n)

The Angles,Jutes,and Saxons were Celtic tribes who invaded England.

A language without known language relatives is a(n)

Regional dialects in England can be traced back to the settlement patterns of the Angles,Saxons,and Jutes.

Germanic invaders of England included which tribe?

English is part of which language branch?

Indo-Iranian is the branch of Indo-European with the most speakers.

In what ways do American and British English differ? What geographic factors explain the similarities and differences in American and British English?

A group of languages that share a common origin but have since evolved into individual languages is a

The two largest language families in the world are

A language family is a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language existing before recorded history.

Hebrew is an example of an extinct language.

How do we know that all Indo-European languages have a common ancestor?