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Language!. Where the language is used, how they are grouped, why distributed that way . Some Stats to Start with. The world has 7299 languages only 10 (including English) are spoken by at least 100 million people. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Language!
Where the language is used, how they are grouped, why distributed that way
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Some Stats to Start with
The world has 7299 languages only 10 (including English) are spoken by at least 100 million people.
They include: Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, German, Mandarin, Hindi, Bengali, Arabic, Japanese
500 Million People speak English and it is the official language of 50 countries
Mandarin has more speakers but is clustered mainly in China.
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Why so many English Speakers?
British dominance since the 1600’s and colonization throughout the world: North America, United States and Canada Ireland, Scotland, Wales South Asia South Pacific Southern Africa
And then there’s American dominance South Pacific, Caribbean, Philippines
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Dialect Regional variations of a particular language
British vs. American English Spelling, Vocabulary, Pronunciation The “King’s English” known as British Received
Pronunciation Cockney English known as the working class language
Dialects in the US East Coast, South, Midwest Monolingual regions, Multilingual regions
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EVERY LANGUAGE HAS SLANG Cockney Rhyming Slang- English odd humorous use
of code phrases “going up the apples”
Pidgin languages-simplified forms of a language that use key vocabulary and limited grammar
Pidgin languages can evolve into separate languages-French Creole which is French with African dialectal sounds and vocabulary Most former French colonies have a mixed language
of French and Indigenous called Patois
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Lingua Franca? French has historically been the bridge or utility
language so it’s versatility coined the term “lingua franca”
Lingua Franca is used to describe any language that bridges peoples from around the world In the 21st century English is accepted as the global
“lingua franca”
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Language Families Indo-European (2.5 Billion)
Sino-Tibetan (1.4 Billion)
Afro-Asiatic (284 Million)
Austronesian (244 Million)
Dravidian (203 Million)
Niger-Congo (172 Million)
Altaic (128 Million)
Japanese (122 Million)
Korean (67 Million)
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Language Families Language Families
Language Groups Language Sub-Groups
For example: English comes from Indo-European family, Germanic Group, Western Germanic sub-group.
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Two Theories on European Language Development
Anatolian theory: states that some portion of prehistoric peoples from the Indian subcontinent migrated to what is modern day Turkey and then migrated further into Europe
Kurgan theory: states that some portion of prehistoric peoples from the Indian subcontinent migrated to central Asia and through the Eurasian steppe into Europe.
As a side: Genetic evidence proves that Europeans are descendants of prehistoric Aryan Indians
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