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5554643763languagecommunication through sound and speech0
5554643764literary traditionwritten communication1
5554643765official languagethe language the government uses2
5554643766language familylanguages that are related through common ancestors3
5554643767language brancha grouping more distinct than a family4
5554643768language groupsmall variation between the languages5
5554643769logogramssymbols that represent words6
5554643770dialectregional variations of a language through vocab spelling and pronunciation7
5554643771isoglossa word that isn't used everywhere in a country but means the same thing8
5554643772standard languagedialect chosen most appropriate for the government9
5554643773creolized languagemixing a colonizer language with the language of the people being dominated10
5554643774isolated languageslanguages that are unattached to any branch and family11
5554643775extinct languagea language that isn't used or written daily12
5554643776lingua francathe language that is used for world trading13
5554643777pidgin languageA mixture of grammar and words of the lingua Franca and your own language14

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