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| 4400607172 | Language | A set of sounds and symbols that is used for communication. It shapes and reflects culture. |  | 0 |
| 4400618887 | Devolution | The process whereby regions within a state demand and gain political strength and growing autonomy at the expense of the central government. *Ex: Belgium and Wales |  | 1 |
| 4400635293 | How do languages become spoken, and how do they change? | - Language - Communication - Government - Monolingual States - Multilingual States | 2 | |
| 4400643946 | Lingua Franca | *Trade and Communication Language* - Language used among speakers of different languages for the purpose of trade, commerce, and basic communication. | 3 | |
| 4409017540 | Dialect | Regional variation of a language with distinctive vocabulary, pronunciation, and spelling. - The most commonly accepted dialect is the Standard Language Ex: Ebonics, Cockney, Appalachian |  | 4 |
| 4400655770 | Pidgin Language | *Trade and Communication* - Simplified combination of two different languages. Ex: Hawaiian Pidgin, Nigerian Pidgin | 5 | |
| 4400676173 | Creole | *Communication* - More concrete, structured pidgin that is used as the native language of a people. Ex: Singlish, Jamaican-Patois | 6 | |
| 4400696963 | Multicultural Unity | - Language as a tool for combining disparate linguistic groups and cultures, | 7 | |
| 4400709579 | Nationalism | - Language as a way to promote national identity, pride, and loyalty *Ex: Russian and Hebrew | 8 | |
| 4400725741 | Cultural Identity | - Language as a way to preserve cultural values, traditions, and thinking. | 9 | |
| 4400733928 | Tourism and Dying Languages | - Tourism is increasingly becoming a way to preserve local, often endangered, languages. *Ex: Manx and Maori * Why do languages die? - Physical Threats - Government Policy - Industrialization and Urbanization - Globalization | 10 |
