Cultural Indicators of Identity (Leaving Cert Geography): Flashcards
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What are language groups?
What are language groups?
Collections of languages sharing common ancestral origins
Language families
Language families
Multiple related languages developed from same source over time
4 major world language groups
4 major world language groups
Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Afro-Asiatic, Niger-Congo
Largest language family globally
Largest language family globally
Indo-European
Indo-European key languages (examples)
Indo-European key languages (examples)
English, Spanish, Hindi, Russian, French, German
Sino-Tibetan geographic spread
Sino-Tibetan geographic spread
Dominant in East Asia
Sino-Tibetan key languages
Sino-Tibetan key languages
Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese
Mandarin Chinese speaker count
Mandarin Chinese speaker count
Over 1 billion speakers
Afro-Asiatic geographic spread
Afro-Asiatic geographic spread
Africa and Middle East
Afro-Asiatic key languages
Afro-Asiatic key languages
Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic
Niger-Congo geographic spread
Niger-Congo geographic spread
Predominantly Sub-Saharan Africa
Swahili speaker count
Swahili speaker count
Over 100 million people
Total languages spoken globally
Total languages spoken globally
Over 7,000 languages
% of languages at risk of extinction
% of languages at risk of extinction
Nearly 40% of all languages
Linguistic homogenisation
Linguistic homogenisation
Process where languages become similar or merge into dominant language