AP Bell work 11.14. Language and Geographic Concepts

(a)   is used for face-to-face communication, but is losing users

(a)   is a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different.

(a)   is a word-use boundary with a degree of geographic extent

A force that has a tendency to unify a group of People

(a)  

(a)   language is used in work, education, mass media, and government

Identify the characteristics of each

Groups:

(a) Institutional Language

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(b) Developing Language

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(c) Vigorous Language

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(d) Threatened Language

• Sama

• 2,455 variations

• Spoken in S.E. Asia

• Face to fact

• Tagin

• Used in mass Media

• Spoken in India

• Lacks literary tradition

• 576 variations

• Bolinao

• Losing speakers

• Used inn education

• English

• Used daily by adults and children

• 1,574 variations

• 1,601 variations