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5619497349accentset of sounds and symbols used for communication0
5619497350Anatolian Hypothesis (hearth)(Sedentary Farmer) an alternative agricultural theory proposes that Proto-Indo_European1
5619580155Conquest theory (hearth)Early speakers of Proto-Indo_European spread east to west on horseback, overpowering earlier inhabitants and beginning the diffusion/differentiation of Indo_European tongues.2
5619580156creoleis a pidgin languages with a more complex structure and vocabulary that has become the native language of a group of people.3
5619582759Dialectvariants of standard language along regional or ethnic lines. (variants can be: vocabulary, syntax, pronunciation, cadence, and pace of speech)4
5619585986Dialect chainsacross space: dialects frequencies marked by actual differences in vocabulary (ex. variants in saying soda)5
5619593927Dispersal hypothesis (hearth)The Indo_European languages that arose from Proto-Indo-European were first carried eastward into Southwest Asia, next around the Caspian Sea, and then across the Russian-Ukrainian plains and on into the Balkans.6
5619603253extinct languageis one that is no longer spoken or read in daily activities by anyone in the world7
5619606134Global languageThe language used most commonly around the world8
5619606135ideogramMandarin Chinese9
5619611300Indo- EuropeanThis is a language branch that is mostly spoken in Europe.10
5619613308isoglossgeographic boundary within a particular linguistic feature occurs. *a general area, not defined11
5619617210isolated languageis one unrelated to any other and therefore not attached to any language family.12
5619617211languagea set of sounds and symbols that is used for communication13
5619620619language branchA collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago.14
5619623544language divergencewhere new language forms from an old one.15
5619623545language convergencecollapsing two languages into one16
5619626279language familyis a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor17
5619626280language grouprelated through descent from a common ancestor18
5619629521lingua francais a language used among speakers of different languages for the purposes of trade and commerce.19
5619632633literary traditionis the passing down of stories which give meaning to human experiences20
5619637475monolingualityare countries where almost everyone speaks the same language21
5631266676bilingualityare countries where almost everyone speaks either one or the other language22
5631269565multilingualityCountries in which more than one language is in use23
5619639331national languageis a language that has some connection with a people and the territory they occupy.24
5619644789mutual intelligibilityTwo people can understand each other when speaking. Some languages are similar, even though the people are fluent in different languages.25
5619647445Nostratic HypothesisProto-Indo European26
5619658311official languageCountries with linguistic fragmentation often adapt this to tie the people together27
5619658312orthographysound of language28
5619662941pidginwhen people speaking two or more languages are in contact and they combine parts of their language in a simplified structure and vocabulary.29
5619665560Romance LanguagesFrench, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, and Portuguese. It has much in common of their Latin connection, but are not mutually comprehensible.30
5619665561Germanic LanguagesEnglish, German, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. They reflect the expansion of peoples out of northern Europe west and south.31
5619668051Slanga type of language that consists of words and phrases that are regarded as very informal, are more common in speech than writing, and are typically restricted to a particular context or group of people.32
5619670355Slavic LanguagesRussian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian. It is developed as Slavic people migrated from a base in present-day Ukraine about 2000 years ago.33
5619675298soundshifta slight change in word across languages within a subfamily or through a language family from the present backward towards its origin.34
5619696810Spanglisha hybrid language combining words and idioms from both Spanish and English, especially Spanish speech that uses many English words and expressions.35
5619696811standard languageLanguages with multiple dialects may recognize one as this and is widely recognized as the most acceptable for government, business, education, and mass communication.36
5619699403subdialecta division of a larger dialect37
5619699404syntaxsentence structure38
5619702620toponymsTurn argued that by simply naming a place, people in effect call that place into being, and thereby impart a certain character to it39
5619702621trade languagelingua franca for commerce40
5619709504Vernacularthe language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.41
5619768235Vocabularythe body of words used in a particular language.42
5619963107Proto-Indo-Europeanfirst major linguistic hypothesis giving the hearth of Ancient Latin , Greek & Sanskrit43

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