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Mormons do not really have one language. The language that they speak is determined by where they live. For example, since most Mormons live in the United States, then they would therefore speak English. So, Mormons adapt to the society that they live in, by taking on their language (Mormons 1).
 * Mormons-**
 * Language:**

The beliefs of Mormons are similar to that of Christians. However, Mormons believe that God will give His insight to people that are finding it for their own benefits, the President-Prophet of the Church, and to the local leaders of Mormon churches. They also believe that before you became a human on Earth, then you existed only as a spirit; and to continue in life they needed to tested. The religion of Mormonism is based off of four writings; The Bible, the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and The Pearl of Great Price. Also, many Mormon churches encourage that you have a daily family prayer. Therefore, many devoted Mormons, do often enough, have a family prayer (Gall 312).
 * Beliefs:**

When men (and sometimes women) turn the age of 19, they are expected to give two years of their life to doing missionary work. When they are called upon to devote their time, it is required that they follow the rules. Therefore, they all must maintain an "early-to-bed, and early-to-rise" schedule. Also, seeing rated "X" or rated "R" movies, going to parties or dates, watching television, or even playing any type of contact sport is prohibited. Mormons used to practice polygamy. Which is having multipule wives, however, they recently decided to ban polygamy and it is no longer practiced by Mormons. Mormons are discouraged from dating until they are at least the age of 16. Likewise, it is also strongly advocated that no serious dating happens until after a man is finished serving his two years of missionary work.
 * Behaviors:**

Family plays a huge role in the life of Mormons. For example, they have weekly family gatherings at their local Mormon church. This is a time when the families are instructed to make time to learn and spend time together. During these family gatherings you participate in activities like, learning gospels, singing-songs, reading scriptures, and playing games. Also, Mormons greatly value education. To continue their education the Mormon churches established a variety of seminaries at high schools and also institutes at colleges. Consequently, the Mormon population is highly educated; for example, studies showed that more Mormon men recieved a post-high school education than American men.
 * Values:**

Dougherty, Michael Bredon. "Mormons at the door: can social conservatives assimilate the LDS into their movement?" //The American Conservative// 8.4 (2009): 16+. //Student Resource Center - Gold.// Web. 27. Jan. 2011.
 * Source:** This is an academic jornal, because I found it under the journal section on Gale. I used this source because it included information about polygamy and Mormons.

Embry, Jessie L. "Mormons." //Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America//. Ed. Jeffrey Lehman. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 1234-1248. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 27 Jan. 2011.
 * Source:** This is a secondary source because it used information from other sources and modified it. I chose to use this source because it had informartion about the values of Mormons.

Gall, L. Timothy. "Mormons." Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life.1998. print.
 * Source:** This is a primary source and a print document becaue it came right from an encyclopeida and nothing was changed. I chose this source because it had a lot of information about Mormons beliefs.

Mormons." //Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life//. Ed. Timothy L. Gall and Jeneen Hobby. 2nd ed. Vol. Americas.  Detroit: Gale, 2009. 378-383. //Gale Virtual Reference Library//. Web. 26 Jan. 2011.
 * Source**: This is a primary source because it was taken from an encyclopedia and nothing was changed. I chose it because it included information about the launguage that Mormons speak and their values.