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8262546580CreoleA language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.0
8262546581DialectA regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation1
8262546582EbonicsDialect spoken by some African Americans.2
8262546583Extinct LanguageA language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.3
8262546584FranglaisA term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language4
8262546585IdeogramsThe 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
8262546586IsoglossA boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate.6
8262546587Isolated LanguageA language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family7
8262546588LanguageA system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.8
8262546589Language Brancha collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago9
8262546590Language FamilyA collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.10
8262546591Language 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
8262546592Lingua FrancaA language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages12
8262546593Literary traditionA language that is written as well as spoken13
8262546594Official languageThe language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.14
8262546595Pidgin 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
8262546596SpanglishCombination of Spanish and English, spoken by Hispanic-Americans.16
8262546597Standard languageThe form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.17
8262546598Vulgar LatinA form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents.18
8262546599hierarchical diffusionA form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or peoples.19
8262546600Most numerous language speakers on earth:Mandarin Chinese speakers20
8262546601Second most numerous speakers on earth:Spanish speakers21
8262546602Third most numerous speakers on earth:English speakers22
8262546603Fourth most numerous speakers on earth:Arabic speakers23
8262546604Fifth most numerous speakers on earth:Hindi speakers24
8262546605AccentA way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker.25
8262546608Pidginwhen two or more languages are combined in a simplified structure and vocabulary26
8262546609Trade LanguageA language used by speakers of a different native language for communication in commercial trade27
8262546610VernacularEveryday language of ordinary people28
8262546611BilingualAble to speak two languages29
8262546612Multilingualable to speak several languages30

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