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8076842964Creole LanguageStable language developed from the mixing of parent languages. Louisianan is a creole language0
8076854216DenglishCombination of German and English dialect distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. (Deustsch and English) we name certain foods from German words1
8076863775Developing languagelanguage spoken in daily use with literary tradition that is not widely used Khoisan2
8076875647Dialectregional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary spelling and pronunciations The US has one major language that is English and depending on where you live you say certain words different and might have a different meaning3
8076891796EbonicsDialect spoken by some african americans not very widely used4
8076897413Extinct Languagelanguage that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used Gullah used to be a very widely used language now only a hand full can speak it5
8076910371franglaisa combination of Francias and anglais (the french words for French and English) you can find this in the French Quarters in Louisianan6
8076923979Institutional Languagelanguage used in education work mass media and government when all the worlds officials come to one place for a hug meeting they speak the same language7
8076932056isoglossboundary that seperates regions in which different languages usage predominate the Rio Grande sperates English and Spanish8
8076950971isolated languagea language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any other language family Japaneses9
8076969158languagea system of symbols that allows people to communicate with one another Mandarin uses symbols to write what they have to say10
8076984871language branchcollection of languages related through a common ancestor that can be confirmed through archaelogical evidence Germanic11
8077000337language familycollection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history indo-European12
8077013273Language groupcollection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and displays relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary Languages in China13
8077033718Lingua Francalanguage mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages Egyptians and Germans talking to each other14
8077043742Literary traditionlanguage that is written as well as spoken English15
8077056987logograma symbol that represents a word rather then a sound Heliographics16
8077065161offical languagelanguage adopted for use of government for the conduct of business education and publication of documents so the official language of the country17
8077087285Pidgin Languagefrom of speech that adopts a simplified grammar an limited vocab of lingua franca used for communications among speakers of two different languages Creole adopted certain words from different languages18
8077114787Received Pronunciationsdialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in London and now considered standard in the United Kingdom instead of American English the UK uses their own form of English19
8077139191SpanglishCombination of Spanish and English mostly spoken by Hispanics Americans how we can understand and how they can understand what we or they are saying20
8096151597Standard LanguageThe form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications. what government officials use when different countries are in the same meeting21
8096153270SubdialectA subdivision of a dialect American English --Southern English--Northern English--Western English22
8096157329Vigorous languagelanguage spoken is daily use but that lacks a literary tradition Teens slang23
8096341551Vulgar Latinform of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans. Does not have a written form has in official documents, Romeo and Juliet time, they use words that we don't even think about using24

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