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4342868505CreoleA language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.0
4342868506DialectA regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation1
4342868507EbonicsDialect spoken by some African Americans.2
4342868508Extinct LanguageA language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.3
4342868509FranglaisA term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language4
4342868510IdeogramsThe system of writing used in China and other East Asian countries in which each symbol represents an idea or concept rather than a specific sound, as is the case with letters in English.5
4342868511IsoglossA boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate.6
4342868512Isolated LanguageA language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family7
4342868513LanguageA system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.8
4342868514Language Brancha collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago9
4342868515Language FamilyA collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.10
4342868516Language 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
4342868517Lingua FrancaA language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages12
4342868518Literary traditionA language that is written as well as spoken13
4342868519Official languageThe language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.14
4342868520Pidgin 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.15
4342868521SpanglishCombination of Spanish and English, spoken by Hispanic-Americans.16
4342868522Standard languageThe form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.17
4342868523Vulgar LatinA form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents.18
4342868524hierarchical diffusionA form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or peoples.19
4342868525Most numerous language speakers on earth:Mandarin Chinese speakers20
4342868526Second most numerous speakers on earth:Spanish speakers21
4342868527Third most numerous speakers on earth:English speakers22
4342868528Fourth most numerous speakers on earth:Arabic speakers23
4342868529Fifth most numerous speakers on earth:Hindi speakers24
4342868530AccentA way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker.25
4342868531EsperantoA made-up Latin-based language, which its European proponents in the early twentieth century hoped would become a global language26
4342868532OrthographyThe art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.27
4342868533Pidginwhen two or more languages are combined in a simplified structure and vocabulary28
4342868534Trade LanguageA language used by speakers of a different native language for communication in commercial trade29
4342868535VernacularEveryday language of ordinary people30
4342868536BilingualAble to speak two languages31
4342868537Multilingualable to speak several languages32

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