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| 8592259272 | Accent | a regional variety of a language distinguished by spelling, pronunciation, and vocab. | 0 | |
| 8623699643 | Anatolian hypothesis | Indo-European originated in Anatolia around 7,000 BCE | 1 | |
| 8623699644 | creole | defined as a language that results from the mixing of the colonizers language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated. | 2 | |
| 8623700234 | dialect | a regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation. | 3 | |
| 8623700235 | extinct language | a language that was once used by people in daily activity but is no longer used. | 4 | |
| 8623702248 | ideogram | a pictorial character or symbol that represents a specific meaning or idea | 5 | |
| 8623702249 | Indo-European | includes Germanic and romance languages, spoken b about 50% of the world's people | 6 | |
| 8623703577 | Nostratic Hypothesis | a hypothetical language family that is hypothesized to have given rise to the Eurasian languages | 7 | |
| 8623706469 | isogloss | A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate | 8 | |
| 8623707932 | isolated language | a language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefor not attached to any language family | 9 | |
| 8623709609 | Kurgan Hypothesis | is the most widely accepted proposal to identify the Proto-Indo-European homelands from which spread of the Indo-European languages occurred | 10 | |
| 8623709610 | Language | a system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds a group of people understands to have the same meaning | 11 | |
| 8623710286 | language branch | a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago. | 12 | |
| 8623710961 | language family | a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history. | 13 | |
| 8623710962 | language group | a collection of languages within a branch that shares a common origin in the relatively recent part and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary. | 14 | |
| 8623712214 | lingua franca | a language of international communication. | 15 | |
| 8623714165 | literary tradition | the formation of literary conventions, that is, stylistic or formal devices or elements of subject matter which through being repeated in work after work, have become markers of different kinds or genres of writing. | 16 | |
| 8623714995 | mono-linguality | Able to speak 1 language. | 17 | |
| 8623714996 | bi-linguality | Able to speak 2 languages. | 18 | |
| 8623716659 | multi-linguality | able to speak 2+ languages | 19 | |
| 8623716660 | national language | language (or language variant, e.g. dialect) that has some connection with people and the territory they occupy. | 20 | |
| 8623717590 | official language | the language used by the government for laws, reports, and public objects. | 21 | |
| 8623718514 | orthography | correct spelling | 22 | |
| 8623718515 | pidgin | a simplified form of speech developed from two or more languages | 23 | |
| 8623720575 | polyglot | knowing or using several languages. | 24 | |
| 8623720576 | slang | a type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people. | 25 | |
| 8623720975 | standard language | a dialect that is well established and widely recognized as the most acceptable for the government , business, education and mass communication | 26 | |
| 8623720976 | syntax | the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language. | 27 | |
| 8623721948 | toponym | The name given to a portion of Earth's surface. | 28 | |
| 8623723110 | trade language | A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages. | 29 | |
| 8623723664 | vernacular | The everyday spoken language of a country or region. | 30 | |
| 8623725079 | vocabulary | the body of words used in a particular language. | 31 |
