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Cultural Geography
1. Foundations of Cultural Geography
2. Geographies of Language
3. Geographies of Religion
4. Geographies of Ethnicity and Race
5. Folk and Popular Culture
6. Cultural Diffusion and Globalization
7. Geographies of Identity
8. Political Geographies of Culture
9. Contemporary Applications and Issues
Geographies of Language
The Nature of Language
Language and Cultural Identity
Language as Identity Marker
Language and Group Membership
Linguistic Identity Formation
Language and Power
Linguistic Hegemony
Language Policy and Planning
Language and Social Stratification
Language Rights
Language Families and Distribution
Major Language Families
Indo-European
Germanic Branch
Romance Branch
Slavic Branch
Indo-Iranian Branch
Global Distribution
Sino-Tibetan
Chinese Languages
Tibeto-Burman Languages
Global Distribution
Afro-Asiatic
Semitic Languages
Berber Languages
Cushitic Languages
Global Distribution
Niger-Congo
Bantu Languages
West African Languages
Global Distribution
Austronesian
Trans-New Guinea
Altaic
Language Isolates
Definition and Characteristics
Examples of Language Isolates
Geographic Distribution
Language Diffusion
Historical Spread of Languages
Migration and Colonization
Trade and Conquest
Religious Expansion
Language Divergence and Convergence
Dialect Formation
Language Contact and Borrowing
Creolization and Pidgins
Language Death
Linguistic Landscapes
Toponymy
Origins and Meanings
Political and Cultural Significance
Toponymic Layers
Official Languages
National Language Policies
Regional Language Policies
Multilingual States
Linguistic Minorities and Revitalization
Endangered Languages
Language Revitalization Movements
Bilingual Education
Language Maintenance
Dialects and Lingua Francas
Regional Dialects
Social Dialects
Standardization of Language
Lingua Franca and Global Communication
English as Global Lingua Franca
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