ANT253H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Austroasiatic Languages, Munda Languages, Uralic Languages
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The english term language comes from the latin word lingua, meaning tongue. Different languages emerge in accordance to the specific experiences and needs of the people who speak them. There are between 6000 and 7000 languages spoken in the world today. (not including dialects) More than half of the languages today are expected to disappear in the next 100 years. In order, the most spoken languages are mandarin, spanish, english, arabic, hindi, etc. Comprised of the germanic languages, the romance languages, the indo-iranian languages, with. Most of which belonging to the finno-ugric family. Represent the austro-asiatic family, spoken in central and eastern india and bangladesh. Covers most of china, much of the himalayas, and parts of southeast asia. Encompass the languages of the malay peninsula and most islands to the southeast of asia. Ethnology is a method of living among groups of people and interacting with them spontaneously, so as to gain insights about them as collectives.
