5346351861 | Creole | The mixture of two languages (usually the result of colonization) from an earlier pidgin language. It CAN (and does) have native speakers. | 0 | |
5346351862 | Dialect | When a language is changed not enough to become a different language but they have different sounds for some letters or words. | 1 | |
5346351863 | Extinct Language | When a language becomes extinct that means that no one speaks this language anymore but may come back making it a revived language. | 2 | |
5346351864 | Ideograms | Images that represent the idea of something but don't actually state the sound(s) used to pronounce it. | ![]() | 3 |
5346351865 | Indo-European Languages | A language family originating from Eurasia. All the languages here are all related to each other and one of them made the English language. | 4 | |
5346351866 | Isogloss | A boundary line on a dialect map showing where one dialect area begins and where the other ends. | ![]() | 5 |
5346351867 | Isolated Language | This is a language that has no evidence showing that it is related to any other language. | 6 | |
5346351868 | Language Family | This is a group of languages that are related to each other and have a common ancestor. | ![]() | 7 |
5346351869 | Language Group | A 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 | |
5346351870 | Language Subgroup | a smaller group of related languages within a language group. A division of a language group that could be divided into individual languages. | 9 | |
5346351871 | Lingua Franca | A 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 |
5346351872 | Linguistic Diversity | This is a difference in types of traits including language family, grammar, and vocabulary. | 11 | |
5346351873 | Monolingual | A person, text, or place who may only speak one language or officially recognized. | ![]() | 12 |
5346351874 | Multilingual | A person, text, or place that can speak more than two languages. | ![]() | 13 |
5346351875 | Official Language | A language that is given a legal status and is the main language spoken in a country. | 14 | |
5346351876 | Pidgin Language | A 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 | |
5346351877 | Revived Language | A 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 | |
5346351878 | Romance Language | A romance language is a language deriving from the Romanian language. Italian, French, Spanish, Romanian, and Portuguese. | 17 | |
5346351879 | Toponymy | This is the study of places names and how they relate to culture. | ![]() | 18 |
AP Human Geography: Chap 5 - Language Flashcards
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