What is the difference between a developing / vigorous language?
Developing (spoken by all in daily use and has a literary tradition, but not widely distributed) and Vigorous (spoken by all, but lacks literacy tradition)
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What makes a language an endangered language?
Children are not being taught the language (only the older generation speaks it regularly).
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What is the difference between the Nomadic Warrior Theory (Kurgan) and Sedentary Farmer Theory in terms of language?
Answers will vary
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What is a lingua franca?
A common language that is used in trade (English)
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Explain the language situation in Canada.
Two official languages (English and French). French is mainly in Quebec and Ontario.
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What is unique about the Icelandic language?
It is the least changed language in the Germanic branch in the past 1,000 years. Little interaction caused it remain unchanged unlike languages in Europe.
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What are Romance Languages and give examples.
These are languages that derived from Latin (Roman Empire) / Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Romanian
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What is an isolated language and give an example.
Language that is unrelated to any other and therefore not attached to any language family (due to limited interaction with others) (Basque)
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What type of language is Hebrew considered and explain.
Growing language. Was not used on a daily basis until after the creation of Israel.
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Describe the language situation in Switzerland.
4 Official languages (German, French, Italian, and Romansh).
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What is Vulgar Latin?
Versions of Latin that mixed words from the local people (blend of common tongue and Latin)
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What is an official language?
This is a language that a nation legally recognizes as the language of the government.
