Response to the following :
A language family includes two or more languages or subfamilies that are closely related by their forms of grammar and syntax (sentence structure), and by shared vocabularies. To what extent do you think that language and culture are related? Can one suppose that people who speak languages that are in the same language family share a common culture, or vice-versa? What other factors do you suppose influence culture besides language? How do you think the study of languages and language families can provide clues to history? Use the Semitic and Indo-European language families for an example.