Across
- 2. There are about 7,000 of these in the world today.
- 5. When a child learns one language first and then another.
- 9. Distinct language sounds.
- 13. Scientists who study language.
- 14. Proficiency in two or more languages.
- 15. Two words that look similar in two different languages that DO NOT have the same meaning.
- 16. Two words that look similar in two different languages with the same meaning.
- 17. Different variations of a language.
- 19. When a child learns two languages at the same time.
- 20. English is a part of this language family.
Down
- 1. The amount of languages that we are set to lose before the turn of the next century.
- 3. Sayings that attempt to express a truth about life.
- 4. Via conquest, globalization and trade, language does this from its cultural hearth.
- 6. Place names that often reflect geography and culture.
- 7. The study of language.
- 8. Italian, Spanish and French are all considered which type of languages?
- 10. The percent of the world that is bilingual.
- 11. Language can be grouped into different _________ .
- 12. Lines that separate different dialects of a language.
- 18. Language is considered essential to a groups ____________ .
