NORTHSTAR 2e Listening and Speaking, Basic/Low Intermediate

Vocabulary Exercise
Unit 10: Endangered Languages
Read the clues. Complete the crossword puzzle with words from the box.
1P 2
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3
C R I
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P O W E R F U L
5
R M S I

E 6 7 8
M E N D A N G E R E D

P U R E G X
L N V A U T
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N A T I V E D A I
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C T L I N G U I S T
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bilingual community dead endangered extinct

linguist native powerful preserve replace

ACROSS DOWN
4. The language of the more powerful 1. Some people preserve their
group will always survive, because it traditional language by speaking it at
has such a strong influence. home and teaching it in the schools.
This helps to save the language.

6. The old culture of our great- 2. The children speak both Spanish and
grandparents is endangered by the English. They are bilingual .
new culture of television and malls.

9. John grew up speaking French and 3. In cities there are many different groups
then learned Arabic as an adult. of people living together. Each group
French is his native forms a community .
language.

10. A(n) linguist studies 5. In New Zealand, the Maoris do not

languages. want English to replace their
language. They want to keep their own
traditional language.

7. A language that people no longer

speak is a dead language.

8. When a culture, language, or species of

animal disappears, it becomes
extinct .

NorthStar, Second Edition, Listening/Speaking, Basic/Low Intermediate: Vocabulary Exercise, Unit 10

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