9860544315 | Creole | A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated. | 0 | |
9860544316 | Dialect | A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. | 1 | |
9860544317 | Isogloss | A boundary that seperates regions in which different languages are predominant. | 2 | |
9860544318 | Language | A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning. | 3 | |
9860544319 | Language Family | A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history. | 4 | |
9860544320 | Language Group | A 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. | 5 | |
9860544321 | Lingua Franca | A language nutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages. | 6 | |
9860544322 | Pidgin Language | A form of speech that adapts the simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communication among speakers of two different languages. | 7 | |
9860544323 | Toponymy | The study of the origins and meaning of place-names. | 8 |
AP: Language Flashcards
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