Language
language Part of culture Literary tradition Official versus unofficial languages dialects
english Standard language Dialects in Britain Northern East midland West midland Southwestern southeastern London and Cambridge preferred
British versus American english Vocabulary From natives Moose, raccoon, chipmunk Canoe, moccasin, squash New inventions Lift vs elevator Torch vs flashlight Hood vs bonnet Trunk vs boot Spelling pronunciation
American English Eastern Dialects Northern Midlands southern Isogloss (word usage boundary) Due to differences in original settlers http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz- map.html?_r=0
Language families
Indo-european Germanic Romantic Balto-Slavic Indo-Iranian Common roots: beech, oak, bear, dear, pheasant, bee, mother Map….
Indo-European hearth
Language families cont.
Multilingual states Impact on culture? Belgium Nigeria canada
Lingua franca Latin English today Pidgin Spanglish (in us, Hispanic Spanish & American English)
Extinct and revived languages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFX68SJs2-0 Gothic Native American languages (over 500 to 57) Latin Hebrew Celtic Basque icelandic
Finno-ugric language (Samoyed family)