Across
- 2. Literal interpretation and strict adherence to basic principles of a religion (or a religious branch, denomination, or congregation).
- 5. The belief that the existence of God can’t be proven empirically.
- 9. A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary.
- 11. The belief that objects, such as plants and stones, or natural events, like thunderstorms and earthquakes, have a discrete spirit and conscious life.
- 12. A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that can be confirmed through archeological evidence.
- 14. A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.
- 15. A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family.
Down
- 1. A religion in which a central authority exercises a high degree of control.
- 3. A religion that does not have a central authority but shares ideas and cooperates informally.
- 4. A language used in education, work, mass media, and government.
- 6. A language spoken in daily use with a literary tradition that is not widely distributed.
- 7. A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.
- 8. A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.
- 10. The belief that God does not exist.
- 13. A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.