GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Romance Languages
7 Oct 2016
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65% of canadians speak more than one language. Language: a fundamental way that we distinguish between cultural groups: a cultural variable: a learned behaviour. Children are learned this behaviour through their parents passed on from generations: a useful tool to delimit groups and regions. Can differentiate french/english/mandarin groups/societies in the world through looking at language statistics: language and the survival of cultural groups. Any sign for a commercial business must be in predominantly. In an effort to protect their culture, they place laws that encourage people to speak/use the french language. Loss of culture comes from loss of language. Quebec believes they are a distinct culture. Quebec is an island in a vast seat of english people. As many as 7000 languages existed prior to the period of european colonization: today, less than 6000 = i. e. Native languages have disappeared after hundreds of years of colonization.
