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7913355528Creolized languageA language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated0
7913355529DialectA regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation1
7913355530Extinct languageA language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used2
7913355531IsoglossA boundary that separates regions in which different native languages are found3
7913355532Isolated languageA language that is unrelated to any other languages and is therefore not attached to any language family4
7913355533Language branchA collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago; the branches in the language tree5
7913355534Language familyA collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history; the trunk of the language tree6
7913355535Language groupA collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display few differences in grammar and vocabulary7
7913355536Lingua francaA language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages8
7913355537Literary traditionA language that is written as well as spoken9
7913355538LogogramA symbol that represents a word rather than a sound10
7913355539Official languageThe language that is adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents11
7913355540Pidgin languageA form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a Lingua Franca; used for communication among speakers of two different languages12
7913355541Indo-EuropeanThe largest language family13
7913355542Sino-TibetanThe second largest language family14
79133555436,909According to the textbook, how many languages are spoken?15
7913355544MandarinThe most widely spoken native language16
7913355545SpanishSecond most spoken native language in the world17
7913355546English3rd most spoken native language18
7913355547Arabic4th most spoken native language19
7913355548Hindi5th most spoken native language20
7913355549Germanic, Indo-Iranian, Balto-Slavic, and RomanceThe top 4 most common native languages in the Indo-European language family21
7913355550North and WestWhat is the Germanic branch separated into?22
7913355551English and GermanWhat two languages are spoken in the West Germanic branch?23
7913355552Indo-IranianLargest branch in the Indo-European family24
7913355553Russificationthe process of forcing Russian culture on all ethnic groups in the Russian empire25
7913355554East, west, and southWhat is the Balto-Slavic branch broken into?26
7913355555RussianWhat is spoken in the East Slavic group of the Balto-Slavic branch27
7913355556Polish, Czech, and SlovakWhat 3 languages are spoken in the West Slavic part of the Baltimore-Slavic branch28
7913355557Serb-CroationWhat language is spoken in the South Slavic part of the Balto-Slavic group29
7913355558RomanceWhat branch was spread by the Roman Empire?30
7913355559MandarinThe most common native language in the Sino-Tibetan family31
7913355560ArabicThe most common native language in the Afro-Asiatic family32
7913355561Colonization and Hierarchical diffusionHow English diffused33
7913355562Wanted to be different and isolationWhat is 2 reasons why British English and American English different?34
7913355563Vocabulary, Spelling, PronunciationWhat 3 things were changed from British English to American English?35
7913355564TenseIs Belgium peaceful or tense right now?36
7913355565PeacefulIs Switzerland peaceful or tense right now?37
7913355566North and SouthHow is Belgium split up38
7913355567Dutch and FrenchWhat two languages are spoken in Belgium?39
7913355568German, French, Italian, RomanshWhat 4 languages are spoken in Switzerland?40
7913355569Localized governmentA government that caters to the specific needs of its people41
7913355570To preserve their language, technology, tourism, and governmentWhat are 4 reasons some minority languages survive despite globalization?42
7913355571Revived languagean extinct language that is brought back43

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