AP Human Geography Chapter 5

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What are the two most widely spoken languages of the Indo-Iranian Branch of the Indo-European Language Family? Where are they spoken?

a. Hindi is spoken in India b. Urdu is spoken in Pakistan

Language Family

Collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed before recorded history. Ex. Indo-European

What is the most widely spoken language of the Balto-Slavic Branch? Where is it spoken?

Russia is the most widely spoken language of the Balto-Slavic Branch and is spoken Russia.

What are three widely spoken languages of the Indo-Iranian language branch and where are they spoken?

a. Persian is spoken in Iran b. Pathan is spoken in eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan c. Kurdish is spoken in western Iran, northern Iraq, and eastern Turkey

What are three languages of the West Slavic language branch and where are they spoken?

a. Polish is spoken in Poland b. Czech is spoken in the Czech Republic c. Slovak is spoken in Slovakia

What are three languages of the East Slavic language branch and where are they spoken?

a. Russian is spoken in Russia b. Ukrainian in Ukraine c. Belorussian in Belarus

What are two languages of the South Slavic language branch and where are they spoken?

a. Serbo-Croatian is spoken in Serbia and Croatia b. Bulgarian is spoken in Bulgaria

What are the four most widely used languages of the Romance Branch of the Indo-European Language Family?

a. Spanish b. French c. Italian d. Portuguese

Language Branch

collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Ex. English is part of the Germanic Branch

Language Group

collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past. Ex. West Germanic is the group within the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language


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