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AP HuGe Chapter 5: Language Flashcards

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5287443495CreoleA language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated0
5287443496DenglishCombination of German and English1
5287444309DialectA regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.2
5384800158EbonicsDialect spoken by some African Americans3
5384801882Extinct LanguageA language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.4
5384803035FranglaisA term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language.5
5384806532IsoglossA boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate.6
5384807357Isolated LanguageA language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family.7
5384807358LanguageA system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.8
5384807359Language BranchA collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive or old as with language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that these derived from the same family.9
5384808494Language FamilyA collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.10
5384808495Language GroupA collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary.11
5384809398Lingua FrancaA language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.12
5384809399Literary TraditionA language that is written as well as spoken.13
5384811620LogogramA symbol that represents a word rather than a sound14
5384817836Official LanguageThe language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.15
5384817837Pidgin LanguageA form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among speakers of two different languages.16
5384819075Received PronunciationThe dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in London and now considered standard in the United Kingdom17
5384819076SpanglishCombination of Spanish and English, spoken by Hispanic-Americans.18
5384819077Standard LanguageThe form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.19
5384821094Vulgar LatinA form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents.20

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