By now, you should be able to:

• Classify language into families, branches, and groups

• Identify the names and distribution of the two largest language families

• Compare the differences between the Germanic and Ino-Iranian branches of Indo-European languages

• Define general key linguistic and classification terminology

  • Language, official language, family, branch, and group

• Answer the following questions regarding language diffusion

  • Where are the main language families distributed around the world?

  • How do languages diffuse?

  • How is diffusion connected to language evolution?

• Connect original folk languages to modern pop