Plz is for today
-How many different indigenous languages do exist in Mexico?
-What are the most important and famous indigenous languages that exist in Mexico? Why?
-What is a Linguistic Family and what are their characteristics?
-Write 3 different types or names of linguistic families.
-Are indigenous languages important to Mexico? Why?
-What does linguistic contribute to a country?
-Would you like to learn to speak any indigenous language? Which one and why? or Why not?
Respuestas
Respuesta:
-How many different indigenous languages do exist in Mexico?
there are 68 languages which are : Akateko, amuzgo, Awakateko, ayapaneco, cora, cucapá, cuicateco, chatino, chichimeco, jonaz, chinanteco, chocholteco, chontal de Oaxaca, chontal de Tabasco, Chuj, ch’ol, guarijío, huasteco, huave, huichol, ixcateco, Ixil, Jakalteko, Kaqchikel, Kickapoo, kiliwa, kumiai, ku’ahl, K’iche’, lacandón, Mam, matlatzinca, maya, mayo, mazahua, mazateco, mixe, mixteco, náhuatl, oluteco, otomí, paipai, pame, pápago, pima, popoloca, popoluca de la Sierra, qato’k, Q’anjob’al, Q’eqchí ‘, sayulteco, seri, tarahumara, tarasco, Teko, tepehua, tepehuano del norte, tepehuano del sur, texistepequeño, tlahuica, tlapaneco, tojolabal, totonaco, triqui, tseltal, tsotsil, yaqui, zapoteco y zoque.
What are the most important and famous indigenous languages that exist in Mexico? Why?
náhuatl, chol, totonaca, mazateco, mixteco, zapoteco, otomí, tzotzil, tzeltal y maya.
What is a Linguistic Family and what are their characteristics?
A language family is a set of languages that derive from a common ancestor or "father". Languages that belong to a significant number of characteristics in phonology, morphology and syntax that belong to the same language family.
Write 3 different types or names of linguistic families:
Níger-Congo (1 538 lenguas) (20,6%)
Austronesia (1 257 lenguas) (16,8%)
Trans-neoguineana (480 lenguas) (6,4%)
Are indigenous languages important to Mexico? Why?
náhuatl, chol, totonaca, mazateco, mixteco, zapoteco, otomí, tzotzil, tzeltal y maya, If indigenous languages become extinct this means that we also lose the culture of the speakers of that language and the knowledge of their ancestors (Daniels-Fiss, 2008). This is one of the many reasons why it is important to preserve and promote languages and especially minority languages.
What does linguistic contribute to a country?
- Learning about different topics.
- Globalization.
- Greater tolerance between companies.
- Communication facilities.
- Expansion of language boundaries
-Would you like to learn to speak any indigenous language? Which one and why? or Why not?
not because it doesn't attracts my attention
- I hope this answer is useful :D