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5769833034CustomThe frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that if becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act.0
5769861666Folk CultureCulture traditionally practiced by a small, homogenous , rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.1
5769867133HabitA repetitive act performed by a particular individual2
5769872117Popular CultureCulture found in a large , heterogenous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.3
5769875587TabooA restriction on behavior imposed by social custom.4
5769884740TerroirThe contribution of a location's distinctive physical tures to the way food tastes5
5769891296Creole, or creolized languageA language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the peoples being dominated6
5769895744DenglishA combination of German and English7
5769898364DialectA regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary , spelling, and pronunciation8
5769900886EbonicsA dialect spoken by some African Americans9
5769928592Extinct LanguageA language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.10
5769931033FranglaisA term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language , a combination of français and anglais , the French words for French and English, respectively11
5769944173IsoglossA boundary that separates regions in which different languages usages predominate12
5769950980Isolated LanguageA language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family13
5769953788LanguageA system of communication through the use of speech, collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meanings14
5769960733Language Brancha collection of language related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not extensive or as old as with language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branches derived from the same family.15

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