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11721355636CreoleA language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.0
11721355637DialectA regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation1
11721355638Extinct LanguageA language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.2
11721355639FranglaisA term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language3
11721355640IdeogramsThe 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.4
11721355641IsoglossA boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate.5
11721355642Isolated LanguageA language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family6
11721355643LanguageA system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.7
11721355644Language Brancha collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago8
11721355645Language FamilyA collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.9
11721355646Language 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.10
11721355647Lingua FrancaA language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages11
11721355648Literary traditionThe written aspect of language.12
11721355649Official languageThe language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.13
11721355650Pidgin languageA form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among speakers of two or more different languages.14
11721355651SpanglishCombination of Spanish and English.15
11721355652Vulgar LatinA form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents.16
11721355653hierarchical diffusionA form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or peoples.17
11721355654Most numerous language speakers on earth:Mandarin Chinese speakers18
11721355655Received Pronunciationthe standard form of British English pronunciation19
11721355656Second most numerous speakers on earth:English speakers20
11721355657AccentA way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker.21
11721355658VernacularEveryday language of ordinary people22
11721355659BilingualAble to speak two languages23
11721355660Multilingualable to speak several languages24
11721355661swahiliBantu language with Arabic loanwords spoken, lingua franca in coastal regions of East Africa.25
11721355662AAVEa dialect of English commonly used by African Americans26
11721355663Sino-Tibetanlanguage family Mandarin is a part of27
11721355664Indo-Europeanlanguage family English, Hindi, Bengali, and Spanish are a part of28
11721355665Kurgan TheoryAKA nomadic warrior, hypothesis on the diffusion of Indo-European languages29
11721355666Anatolian TheoryAKA sedentary farmer, hypothesis on the diffusion of Indo-European languages30

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