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7778361824Creole LanguageA language that results from the mixing of colonizer's language with the inndegenous language of the people being dominated0
7778428188DenglishA combination of Deutsch (The German word for German) and English1
7778442360Developing LanguageA language spoken in daily use with a literary tradition that is not widely distributed2
7778450160DialectA regional Variation of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronounciation.3
7778473973EbonicsA dialect spoken by some African Americans4
7778509338Extinct LanguageA language that was once used by people in daily activitiesbut is no longer used5
7778520509FranglaisA combination of francais and anglais. ( French and English)6
7778542942Institutionalized LanguageA language used in education, work, mass media, and government.7
7778569877IsoglossA boundary that seperates regions in which different language usages predominate8
7778662473Isolated LanguageA language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefor not attached to any language family9
7778684254LanguageA system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.10
7778708418Language BranchA collection of languages related through a common ancestor that can be be confirmed through archaeological evidence.11
7778743539Language FamilyA collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.12
7778762177Language groupA collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary.13
7778781222Lingua FrancaA language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.14
7778793931Litereary TraditionA language that is written as well as spoken.15
7778796930LogogramA symbol that represents a word rather than a sound.16
7778804730Official LanguageThe language adopted for use by a government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.17
7778816594Pidgin LanguageA form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca; used for communications among speakers of two different languages.18
7778838070Received PronunciationThe dialect of English associated with upper-class Britions living in London and now considered standard in the United Kingdom.19
7778848842SpanglishA combination of Spanish and English. (Spoken by Hispanic Americans)20
7778867767Standard LanguageThe form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communication.21
7778879973SubdialectA subdivision of a dialect.22
7778886649Vigorous LanguageA language that is spoken in daily use but lacks literary tradition.23
7778894183Vulgar LatinA form of Latin used in daily conversations by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, ehich was used for official documents.24

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