AP Human Geography Language Flashcards
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| 5457774205 | ideograms | symbols used as a system of writing | 0 | |
| 5457779379 | isolated language | unrelated to any other language | 1 | |
| 5457782723 | language family | languages related by common ancestor long before written history | 2 | |
| 5457788529 | lingua franca | two languages mix into a simple common language | 3 | |
| 5457793826 | dialect | regional variation | 4 | |
| 5457796092 | vulgar Latin | ancient Roman Latin | 5 | |
| 5457799536 | official language | language used for public documents | 6 | |
| 5457804702 | Isogloss | boundary that separates different languages | 7 | |
| 5457815350 | creole | Mixture of colonial language with indigenous language | 8 | |
| 5457821610 | pidgin | speech used for communications between two different language speakers | 9 | |
| 5457832314 | literary tradition | written language | 10 | |
| 5457835481 | language branch | language derived from same language family | 11 | |
| 5457839398 | standard language | language used for official government business, etc. | 12 | |
| 5457845607 | ebonics | Afro-American dialect | 13 | |
| 5457847460 | Franglish | English terms into French language | 14 | |
| 5457853846 | Spanglish | combination of Spanish and English | 15 | |
| 5457856268 | extinct | language no longer used | 16 | |
| 5457866878 | BRP | upper class British dialect | 17 |