1. AP Human Geography Cultural Patterns and Processes Unit
Language Overview
AP Human Geography
Cultural Patterns and Processes Unit

2. For today, 11/08 Summon thy winds of thee note-tays!
Get out your cockney rhyme slang poems. Share with your group for five minutes.

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4. Understanding Language
Dialect = variant form of a language
Example: English in US vs. English in the UK vs. English in Australia
Lingua franca = language spoken between two speaker of different languages
A speaks “A” and B speaks “B” and they communicate through “C”
Isogloss = boundary that separates linguistic regions
Official language vs. Standard language = officially adopted by government vs. not officially adopted by government

5. Understand: First-language speakers? Location?
Demographic connections?

6. Classifying Languages
World’s languages organized into:
Language Families: collection of languages related through a common ancestral language
Language Branches: collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language. Differences are not as significant or as old as between families.
Language Groups: collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display similar grammar and vocabulary.

7. Classifying Languages:
Language Language Group Language Branch Language Family

8. Your Assignment:
Chapter 5, Key Issues 1 and 2 Outline