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7735022513acculturationa process of adjustment to the dominant cultre, while retaining features of a folk culture, or syncretism0
7735059736assimilationprocess of giving up cultural tradations, clothing, food, and adoption of th social customs of the dominant culture of the place.1
7735204886syncretismcreation of a new cultural feature through combing elements of two groups2
7790359542languagesystem of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning3
7790359543language familyCollection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history4
7790381934language groupselection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display many similarities and grammar and vocabulary5
7790381935lingua francalanguage of international communication such as English6
7790381936dialectregional variation of language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary spelling and pronunciation7
7790381937creoleA language that results from the mixing of colonizers language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated8

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