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AP Human Geography Languages Flashcards

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4938289030Creolized languageA language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated0
4938289031DenglishA combination of German and English1
4938289032DialectA regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation2
4938289033EbonicsA dialect spoken by some African Americans3
4938289034Extinct LanguageA language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used4
4938289035FranglaisA term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language5
4938289036IsoglossA boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate6
4938289037Isolated LanguageA language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family7
4938289038LanguageA system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning8
4938289039Language branchA collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago9
4938289040Language familyA collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded time10
4938289041Language 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 vocabulary11
4938289042Lingua FrancaA language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages12
4938289043Literary traditionA language that is written as well as spoken13
4938289044LogogramA symbol that represents a word rather than a sound14
4938289045Official languageThe language adopted for use by the governed for the conduct of business and publication of documents15
4938289046Pidgin languageA form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a Lingua Franca; used for communications among speakers of two different languages16
4938289047Received PronunciationThe dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in London and how considered standard in the United Kingdom17
4938289048SpanglishA combination of Spanish and English spoken by Hispanic Americans18
4938289049Standard languageThe form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications19
4938289050Vulgar LatinA form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents20
4938289051AccentThe manner in which people speak and the way words are pronounced in different parts of the world21
4938289052EsperantoA made-up Latin-based language,which it's European proponents in the early twentieth century hoped would become a global language22
4938289053IdeogramSymbol that stands for a concept rather than a word23
4938289054Mono linguallySpeaking one language24
4938289055Bi linguallySpeaking two languages25
4938289056Multi linguallySpeaking several languages26
4938289057OrthographyThe study of where languages are found/ located27
4938289058ToponymThe name of a given place28
4938289059Trade languageA language used between native speakers if different languages to allow them to communicate so that they can trade with each other29
4938289060VernacularA language or dialect spoken by the common people of a region30

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