When People Who Speak a Given Language Migrate to a Different

question 37

Multiple Choice

When people who speak a given language migrate to a different location and become isolated from other members of their group

• A) their language usually shows very little change even over a long period of time, despite the appearance of a small number of changes typical of different dialects.
• B) they immediately develop a literary tradition.
• C) isolation usually results in the differentiation of one language into dialects, followed eventually by two distinct languages.
• D) they lose their linguistic abilities.
• E) groups form multiple dialects.

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