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AP Human Geography: Chap 5 - Language Flashcards

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5346351861CreoleThe mixture of two languages (usually the result of colonization) from an earlier pidgin language. It CAN (and does) have native speakers.0
5346351862DialectWhen a language is changed not enough to become a different language but they have different sounds for some letters or words.1
5346351863Extinct LanguageWhen a language becomes extinct that means that no one speaks this language anymore but may come back making it a revived language.2
5346351864IdeogramsImages that represent the idea of something but don't actually state the sound(s) used to pronounce it.3
5346351865Indo-European LanguagesA language family originating from Eurasia. All the languages here are all related to each other and one of them made the English language.4
5346351866IsoglossA boundary line on a dialect map showing where one dialect area begins and where the other ends.5
5346351867Isolated LanguageThis is a language that has no evidence showing that it is related to any other language.6
5346351868Language FamilyThis is a group of languages that are related to each other and have a common ancestor.7
5346351869Language 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.8
5346351870Language Subgroupa smaller group of related languages within a language group. A division of a language group that could be divided into individual languages.9
5346351871Lingua FrancaA common language that is adopted between two or more countries that they all understand because their native language is different from each other. Swahili is a great example.10
5346351872Linguistic DiversityThis is a difference in types of traits including language family, grammar, and vocabulary.11
5346351873MonolingualA person, text, or place who may only speak one language or officially recognized.12
5346351874MultilingualA person, text, or place that can speak more than two languages.13
5346351875Official LanguageA language that is given a legal status and is the main language spoken in a country.14
5346351876Pidgin LanguageA simplified form of a lingua franca spoken to aid communication between two groups of people that don't have a common language between each other. It has NO native speakers.15
5346351877Revived LanguageA language that is revived is brought back by people who want to be able to speak that language and that makes it popular again.16
5346351878Romance LanguageA romance language is a language deriving from the Romanian language. Italian, French, Spanish, Romanian, and Portuguese.17
5346351879ToponymyThis is the study of places names and how they relate to culture.18

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