Marshall Stapp/Unit 3

	collapsing of two language into one.
	new languages are formed when a language breaks into dialects
	Replacing a language
	The diversification of languages
	process by which an extinct language is recreated
	language thought to be used before the indo-european languages were developed
	hypothesized ancestral language of Proto-Indo-European, as well as other ancestral language families.
	family of indigenous American languages. Second oldest & largest family. Less widely diffused.
	any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
	the language and culture of the eskimo-aleut people
	with increased food supply and increased population, speakers from the hearth of Indo-European languages migrated into Europe
	theory of how proto-inko european spread into europe that speakers spread westward on horseback
	discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of another race
	an ethnic quality or affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
	a society in which different cultural groupls keep their own identity, beliefs, and traditions
	small, usually rural and ethnically homogeneous enclaves situated within a larger and more diverse cultural context.
	a culturally shared trait that gives an ethnic or cultural group a strengthened sense of awareness and self-identity
	process that works against globalization, revitalizing cultural ties and promoting distinction.
	The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.
	The largest language family and spoken by about half the worlds population.
	A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate.
	The mental faculty or power of vocal communication.
	A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.
	A 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.
	A smaller group of related languages within a language family.
	Variety of different languages being spoken.
	People who speak their language but cannot write it.
	The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.
	the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language
	The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.
	countries in which only one language is spoken
	a state that uses many languages
	two different speaking language people find a common language to communicate
	a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages
	an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages
	an artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages