Chapter 5-Language

1. Chapter 5-Language Language is a fundamental part of one’s cultural identity

2. 2.5 Million Years Ago… • This is how long ago language first developed to organize human activity • Once these speakers diffused (moved) to various places on earth, language divergence occurred; new languages and dialects were spawned from an original source

3. Reverse Reconstruction.. • If 2 languages share a common word for an extinct animal that no longer exists • And that animal only existed in one of the many places where the 2 languages are now spoken, • Then one possible conclusion is that language diffused from the place where animal once existed, & the speakers carried with them the word for the hearth’s extinct animal

4. Language Tree-Geographers Organized Languages Into This. • Language tee is subdivided into the following hierarchy: • 19 language families • Each family has its own branches • Each branch has its own groups • Each group has its own language • Each language has its own dialects

5. Major Language Families

6. Conflicts Related to Multilingualism

7. TOP 10 Native Languages