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9860544315CreoleA language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.0
9860544316DialectA regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.1
9860544317IsoglossA boundary that seperates regions in which different languages are predominant.2
9860544318LanguageA system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.3
9860544319Language FamilyA collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.4
9860544320Language GroupA 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
9860544321Lingua FrancaA language nutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.6
9860544322Pidgin LanguageA 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
9860544323ToponymyThe study of the origins and meaning of place-names.8

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