AP HUman Geography Language vocab, Ch. 5 AP Human Geography (Language) Flashcards

Chapter 6 about language in the AP Human Geography book.

5461361714	Language	Set of sounds, combination of sounds, and symbols used for communication.	0
5461361715	Culture	Ralph Linton - Total knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns shared by society members.	1
5461361716	Standard Language	A language variant used for the norm of media, school, government, and public life by the country's political and intelligent elite.	2
5461361717	Dialect	Variant of a language (Pronounciation, grammer, and vocabulary).	3
5461361718	Isogloss	Geogrpahic boundary where linguist reatures occur.	4
5461361721	Language Family	Grouos of languages with shard, but slightly distant origin.	5
5461361726	Extinct language	language without any native speakers.	6
5461361737	Lingua Franca	Ancient language in the Mediterranean ports usually for trading and commerce	7
5461361738	Pidgin Language	Where 2 or more languages come. Part of each of them combine into a simplified structure and vocabulary.	8
5461361742	Official Language	Multilingual countries have language chosen by an educated, powerful elite, usually the language is spoken in Courts and in the government.	9
5461361745	Toponym	PLACE name	10
5461361747	Literary tradition	A language that is written as well as spoken; system of written communication. NOT all languages have this.	11
5461361756	Standard Language	In a language that has multiple dialects, one dialect may be accepted as the __________ ___________. For example: Mandarin Chinese is the _________ _________ of Chinese, but there are 100's of regional dialects.	12
5461361759	language family	A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.	13
5461361760	language branch	A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive or old as with language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that these derived from the same family.	14
5461361762	language group	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.	15
5461361776	ideograms	The system of writing used in China and other East Asian countries in which each symbol represents an idea or concept rather than a specific sound, as is the case with letters in English.	16
5461361784	isolated language	A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family.	17
5461361787	lingua franca	A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.	18
5461361788	pidgin language	A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among speakers of two different languages.	19
5461361792	Denglish	Combination of German and English dialect distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.	20