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AP Human Geography Chapter 5 Language Flashcards

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11780990495Creole or Creolized LanguageA language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.0
11780990496DenglishCombination of German and English.1
11780990497DialectA regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.2
11780990498EbonicsDialect spoken by some African Americans.3
11780990499Extinct LanguageA language that was once used by people in a daily activities but is no longer used.4
11780990500FranglaisA term used by the French for English words that have entered the French Language; a combination of français and anglais, the French words for "French" and "English," respectively.5
11780990501IdeogramsThe 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, as is the ease with letters in English.6
11780990502IsoglossA boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate.7
11780990503Isolated LanguageA language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family.8
11780990504LanguageA system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.9
11780990505Language BranchA collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive or as old as with language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branches derived from the same family.10
11780990506Language FamilyA collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.11
11780990507Language GroupA collection of languages within a branch that shares a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary.12
11780990508Lingua FrancaA language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native language.13
11780990509Literary TraditionA language that is written as well as spoken.14
11780990510Official LanguageThe language adopted for use by the government for the conduct business and publication of documents.15
11780990511Pidgin 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.16
11780990512SpanglishCombinations of Spanish and English, spoken by Hispanic Americans.17
11780990513Standard LanguageThe form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.18
11780990514Vulgar LatinA form of Latin used in daily conservation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents.19
11781017895LogogramA symbol that represents a word rather than a sound.20
11781023888Received pronunciationThe dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in London and now considered standard in the United Kingdom21

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