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AP Human Geography Languages Flashcards

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3139267115Creolized languageA language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated0
3139267116DenglishA combination of German and English1
3139267117DialectA regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation2
3139267118EbonicsA dialect spoken by some African Americans3
3139267119Extinct LanguageA language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used4
3139267120FranglaisA term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language5
3139267121IsoglossA boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate6
3139267122Isolated LanguageA language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family7
3139267123LanguageA system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning8
3139267124Language branchA collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago9
3139267125Language familyA collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded time10
3139267126Language 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 vocabulary11
3139267127Lingua FrancaA language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages12
3139267128Literary traditionA language that is written as well as spoken13
3139267129LogogramA symbol that represents a word rather than a sound14
3139267130Official languageThe language adopted for use by the governed for the conduct of business and publication of documents15
3139267131Pidgin languageA form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a Lingua Franca; used for communications among speakers of two different languages16
3139267132Received PronunciationThe dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in London and how considered standard in the United Kingdom17
3139267133SpanglishA combination of Spanish and English spoken by Hispanic Americans18
3139267134Standard languageThe form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications19
3139267135Vulgar LatinA form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents20
3139267136AccentThe manner in which people speak and the way words are pronounced in different parts of the world21
3139267137EsperantoA made-up Latin-based language,which it's European proponents in the early twentieth century hoped would become a global language22
3139267138IdeogramSymbol that stands for a concept rather than a word23
3139267139Mono linguallySpeaking one language24
3139267140Bi linguallySpeaking two languages25
3139267141Multi linguallySpeaking several languages26
3139267142OrthographyThe study of where languages are found/ located27
3139267143ToponymThe name of a given place28
3139267144Trade languageA language used between native speakers if different languages to allow them to communicate so that they can trade with each other29
3139267145VernacularA language or dialect spoken by the common people of a region30

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