5923731392 | Creole | systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols | 0 | |
5923731393 | Dialect | the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people | 1 | |
5923736257 | Indo European Languages | a family of several hundred related languages and dialects | 2 | |
5923737606 | Isogloss | A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs | 3 | |
5923737607 | Language | a set of sounds, combination of sounds, and symbols that are used for communication | 4 | |
5923739940 | Language Family | large groups of languages having similar roots | 5 | |
5923745122 | Language Group | a set of languages with a relatively recent common origin and many similar characteristics | 6 | |
5923746671 | Language Subfamily | a smaller group of related languages within a language family | 7 | |
5923782456 | Lingua Franca | a common language used by speakers of different languages | 8 | |
5923787073 | Linguistic Diversity | the more different the language the more diferent the people that speak them | 9 | |
5923788729 | Monolingual | speaking one language | 10 | |
5923790907 | Multilingual | Speaking more than one language | 11 | |
5923792161 | Official Language | a governmentally designated language of instruction and other official public and private communication | 12 | |
5923794774 | Pidgin | a simplified form of speech developed from two or more languages | 13 | |
5923796724 | Toponymy | the name by which a geographical place is known | 14 | |
5923799056 | Trade Language | A language used between native speakers of different languages to allow them to communicate so that they can trade with each other. | 15 |
AP Human Geography Language Flashcards
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