Rubenstein AP Human Geography Chapter 5 Key Terms updated for version 10
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| 547505523 | British Received Pronunciation | -the dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in the London -recognized as the standard form of British | |
| 547505524 | Creole or Creolized Language | -language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated -creole means slave born in the master's house | |
| 547505543 | Denglish | Combination of German and English | |
| 547505525 | Dialect | -regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation -There are millions of dialects around the world | |
| 547505526 | Ebonics | -Dialect spoken by some African Americans -comes from northern cites with segregated schools | |
| 547505527 | Extinct Language | -language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used -Latin is extinct | |
| 547505528 | Franglais | -term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language -Some examples are cowboy, hamburger, and jeans | |
| 547505529 | Ideograms | -The system of writing used in China and other East Asian countries in which each symbol represents an idea or a concept rather than a specific sound -English is a example that use sounds not concepts | |
| 547505530 | Isogloss | -boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate -there is one between north and south US | |
| 547505531 | Isolated Language | -language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family -A good example is Basque | |
| 547505532 | Language | -system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning. -English is a language | |
| 547505533 | Language Branch | -collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago -Indo-European | |
| 547505534 | Language Family | -collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history -Germanic | |
| 547505535 | Language Group | -collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in a relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary -West Germanic | |
| 547505536 | Lingua Franca | -language of international communication -English is one | |
| 547505537 | Literary Tradition | -language that is written as well as spoken -An example is English | |
| 547505538 | Official Language | -language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents -The US has no official language | |
| 547505539 | Pidgin Language | -form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among speakers of two different languages -has no native speaker | |
| 547505540 | Spanglish | -combination of Spanish and English -AKA cubonics | |
| 547505541 | Standard Language | -form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications -An example is the BRP | |
| 547505542 | Vulgar Latin | -form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans -does not have a written form |
