4.  What language is spoken by the most people in the world?

5. 1. Mandarin Chinese - 882 million 2. Spanish - 325 million 3. English - 312-380 million 4. Arabic - 206-422 million 5. Hindi - 181 million 6. Portuguese - 178 million 7. Bengali - 173 million 8. Russian - 146 million 9. Japanese - 128 million 10. German - 96 million

6.  How many languages do you think are spoken in the world today?  Write your estimate on your notes

7.  Between 6,000 and 7,000 living languages in the world today  Many of these are endangered…

8.  Language is important to culture because it is the main means of communication  One generation passes customs and skills to the next generation through language

10.  Eastern New England  Pahk the cah  New York City  fugedaboudit

11.  Chicago Urban  They call any sweet roll doughnuts.  North Midland  They call doughnuts belly sinkers, doorknobs, dunkers, and fatcakes.

12.  If someone speaks the same language as you…  How do you communicate?  If someone speaks the same language as you, but a different dialect…  How do you communicate?  If someone speaks a different language than you…  How do you communicate?

13.  Lingua franca = language of trade and communication  What do you think is the lingua franca of the world?

14.  English is the most widespread language in the world.  English spread rapidly when Britain began to colonize large areas of the world.  Today, English is the main language of the internet.

15.  English is the universal language of airline pilots and air-traffic control.  Many students in European countries are multi-lingual.

16.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRLijCGe 0vs&safety_mode=true&safe=active&persist _safety_mode=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRLijCGe 0vs&safety_mode=true&safe=active&persist _safety_mode=1  http://www.youtube.com/enduringvoices

18.  Religious differences are a key component of many conflicts around the world  Religion is an important part of many people’s identity and connection to a certain place

20.  Ethnic religions – focus on one ethnic group and generally have not spread into other cultures. They do not seek to convert people to their beliefs.  Ethnic group – human populations that share a common culture or ancestry

21.  Universalizing religions – seek followers all over the world. They hope to appeal to people of many different cultures.

22.  Animist religions - People believe in the presence of the spirits and the forces of nature  Common in many traditional societies  likely were practiced long before more modern types of religions became common

23. BC – “before Christ” AD – Latin “anno domini”, “in the year of our Lord” BCE – before common era CE – common era

24.  2000 BC: Hinduism  1500 BC: Judaism  600 BC: Buddhism, Confucianism  0 AD: Christianity  600 AD: Islam

25.  Polytheism – belief in many gods  Hinduism, animist religions  Monotheism – belief in one god  Christianity  Islam  Judaism

26.  While religion remains important around the world, in some places it has declined.  A growing number of people in these places are secular, or non-religious.  Example: Europe