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OFFICIAL LANGUAGEUNITED STATESNIGERIAEUROPEANDIVERSITYQUEBECTry Me! - Sample ?

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SOLUTIONLinguistic OVER diversity!529 languages! (Ethnologue)ENGLISH! (former colony)Only small % of urbanNigerians can speak though!

Switzerland 4 Official LanguagesBelgiumSeparated by 2!American Companies Fight Language Laws!

YouTube LinkGeographers frequently create an isogloss when trying to visually display the spatial arrangement of a linguistic phenomenon like dialect.TRUE or false? TRUEFALSE

ISOGLOSSTry Me! - Sample ?North-MidlandPop, Soda, or ???German Dialects

DEFINING FEATURE:Northern Cities Vowel Shift

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Question One_______________ are also known as trade languages since they are often used in the business community as second languages among people whose first languages are different.A. Pidgin languagesB. Official languagesC. Creole languagesD. Lingua francasE. DialectsNEXT QUESTION!

RESOURCESDIALECTLINGUA FRANCAOFFICIAL LANGUAGEPIDGIN to CREOLEISOGLOSSU.S. Isogloss Maps - http://www.businessinsider.com/22-maps-that-show-the-deepest-linguistic-conflicts-in-america-2013-6?op=1Meaning - http://www.globalrph.com/medterm5.htm

DEFINITIONS: http://merriam-webster.com

Back to CONCEPTSEnglish - http://www15.uta.fi/FAST/US1/REF/usgbdiff.htmlRegional Dialect Meme - http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/regional-dialect-memeAppalachian - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_EnglishCartoon - http://gommes.net/wergosum/?p=3279

Internet Content - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_used_on_the_InternetSwahili - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language#cite_note-17French - http://french.about.com/od/francophonie/ss/whatisfrench_2.htm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrancophonieHebrew - http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/ben_yehuda.html

English - http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/debate/index.asp?article=d1023Nigeria - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_NigeriaBelgium - http://www.businessinsider.com/belgium-government-elio-di-rupo-2011-12?op=1 , http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/09/belgium-flanders-wallonia-french-dutch

Haitian - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Creole_languageWAPE - http://grammar.about.com/od/tz/g/West-African-Pidgin-English-Wape.htmHawaiian - http://www.howtoliveinhawaii.com/4471/hawaii-pidgin-slang/

AP Human GeographyLanguage Vocab Tutorial

Language is the roadmap of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.-Rita Mae BrownOBJECTIVE: To teach definitions and multiple examples of cultural vocabulary terms related to language and improve student scores on the unit vocabulary quiz.INTRODUCTIONSKIPINTROFIRST TIME?

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INTRODUCTIONTutorial NavigationBEGIN Explore any concept from the CONTENTS Slide1st ALWAYS click on the Narrator icon on each slide for important information!2nd Explore the multimedia examples of the concept using the space bar, mouse click, or arrow key.3rd Click on Try Me! Sample ? Arrow to answer a true/false question to check your understanding 4th Take the 5-question vocabulary quiz to see what youve learned!

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Question TWOInformally, _______________ develop over time to orally bridge the communication gap that exists between people who frequently interact but speak different languages.A. dialectsB. Creole languagesC. lingua francasD. isoglossesE. pidgin languagesNEXT QUESTION!If you encounter a speaker of a different dialect of your language, you will generally be unable to communicate with them if you have never encountered the dialect previously.TRUE or false? TRUEFALSETraveling is easier for Americans and Britons since English is one of the most common lingua francas in the 21st century due to the globalization of communication via the Internet.TRUE or false? TRUEFALSE