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rlane42

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on: Jul 10, 2018
The difference between language and dialect has mostly to do with:
 
  a. strict linguistic measures of mutual intelligibility.
  b. the number of words that are shared.
  c. social and political attitudes of the speakers.
  d. how long ago two groups of speakers split apart.

Question 2

Recent reconstruction of Proto-Bantu suggests that it was first spoken in:
 
  a. the Comoro Islands.
  b. Madagascar.
  c. the Sahel.
  d. the Cameroon region.


dominiqueenicolee

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d


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