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12/12/25

vocab

TermDefinition
Linguists Scientist who study languages, and have different theories about how languages originated
language tree suggest how several languages are related to each other as well as how one grows out of another
indo-European language family a large group of languages that might have descended from a language spoken around 6,000 years ago. Nearly half the world’s population speaks one of these languages
romance languages the unifying language of Latin diverged into dozens of distinct regional languages. Portuguese, Spanish, French and others survived and grew
Isoglosses the boundaries between variations in pronunciations or word usage are called _________
dialects regional variations of a language
Adages Sayings that attempt to express a truth about life
toponyms The names of places
official language A language designated by law to be the language of government
homogenous made up largely of ethnically similar people
adherents believers in their faith
ethnic religions Are belief traditions that emphasize strong cultural characteristics among their followers. In most cases adherents of this are born or adopted into
universal religion to actively seek converts to its faith regardless of their ethnic backgrounds. Are open to all people.
Hinduism classified as an ethnic religion, includes the worship of many deities.
Polytheistic having many gods
monotheistic having only one god
karma the idea that behaviors have consequences in the present life or a future life
caste system A rigid class structure, that shaped Indian society
Buddhism Grew out of the teachings of prince siddhartha, accepting many beliefs of Hinduism but rejecting the caste system. The prince became know as Buddha
sikhism A relatively new universalizing monotheistic faith was found by guru Nanak in the 16th century
Gurdwara A Sikh’s place of worship, have a worship gathering space and contain a food kitchen.
judaism
christianity
Islam
pilgrimage
Homogenization
acculturation
assimilation
syncretism
glocalization
multiculturalism
nativist
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