Over 500 languages (only 3 are spoken by 10% or more). Capital was moved due to issues with language.
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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 is a Pidgin Language?
Form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca (common among speakers of two different languages) (Swahili)
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What is a creolized language?
Results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated
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Why are languages becoming extinct at a rapid pace?
Due to globalization (people have to learn more common languages in order to be part of the global market)
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What is a language family, branch, and group?
Family (common language before recorded history) / Branch (related to an ancestral language and differences are not as extensive) / Group (common / recent)
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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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Two largest language families
Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan
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Describe the language situation in Switzerland.
4 Official languages (German, French, Italian, and Romansh).
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What is dialect and what elements about it caused differences?
Vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation that differs based on regions of a nation.
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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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Why is English a common official language in many nations around the world?
British Empire spread the language around the globe through colonialism.
