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LanguageAP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY - SMITH
What is language?
Language Essential element of
culture
Affect attitude &
perceptions
Shows cultural
diversity
Regional distribution
of culture
What can language distribution
show us?
Classification
Family
Branches
Group
Language
Language Families - have a
common ancestor
Indo European 2.910 Billion
Sino-Tibetan 1.268 Billion
Niger-Congo 437 Million
Austronesian 386 million
Afro-Asiatic 380 Million
Dravidian 229 Million
Altaic 170 Million
Quickly – as a table – you have 5
minutes
Sino-Tibetan
Niger-Congo
Austronesian
Afro-Asiatic
Dravidian
Altaic
A few of the major languages
from the family
Where we would find the
languages from this family
How these languages diffused.
Language BranchesGroups of languages
that share a common
origin but have
evolved into different
languages
Language Groups (like twigs on a branch)
Languages on a branch
that share a more recent
common origin
Closer grammar and
vocabulary
French, Spanish & Italian
have very similar grammar
and vocabulary