5241429111 | Langauge | A set of sounds and symbols | 0 | |
5241429112 | Mutual intelligibility | When two people understand each when speaking | 1 | |
5241429113 | Standard language | A language that is published, and widely distributed | 2 | |
5241429114 | Dialect | Variants of a standard language | 3 | |
5241429115 | Isogloss | A geographic boundary for a language | 4 | |
5241429116 | Language families | When more than one language share a common ancestor | 5 | |
5241429117 | Soundshift | A slight change in a word across its language family | 6 | |
5241429118 | Proto indo-euro | An ancestral indo-euro langauge | 7 | |
5241429119 | Backward reconstruction | Tracking sound shifts toward and original language | 8 | |
5241429120 | Deep reconstruction | To recreate a language | 9 | |
5241429121 | Nostratic | An ancestor of proto indo euro | 10 | |
5241429122 | Language divergence | When a language breaks down through spatial interactions | 11 | |
5241429123 | Language convergence | Two language into one | 12 | |
5241429124 | Conquest theory | The theory that protoindoeuro diffused through conquest | 13 | |
5241429125 | Agricultural theory | That protoindoeuro diffused through the diffusion of agriculture | 14 | |
5241492520 | Romance language | French, spainish, Italian, Romanian, and Portuguese | 15 | |
5241492521 | Germanic language | English, German, danish, Norwegian, and Swedish | 16 | |
5241492522 | Slavic language | Russian, polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian | 17 | |
5241492523 | Lingua Franca | The common language for trade | 18 | |
5241492524 | Pidgin language | Combined parts of language to simply it | 19 | |
5241492525 | Creole language | A pidgin language that is more complex and developmemt | 20 | |
5241492526 | Monolingual state | A state where everyone speaks the same language | 21 | |
5241492527 | Multilingual state | Countries with more than one language | 22 | |
5241492528 | Official language | A selected langue made official for a country | 23 | |
5241492529 | Place name | A name for a unique location based off a reflection of its history | 24 | |
5241492530 | Toponyms | A place name | 25 |
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