AP Human Geo Language Flashcards
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| 8262546580 | Creole | A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated. |  | 0 |
| 8262546581 | Dialect | A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation |  | 1 |
| 8262546582 | Ebonics | Dialect spoken by some African Americans. | 2 | |
| 8262546583 | Extinct Language | A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used. |  | 3 |
| 8262546584 | Franglais | A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language |  | 4 |
| 8262546585 | 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. |  | 5 |
| 8262546586 | Isogloss | A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate. |  | 6 |
| 8262546587 | Isolated Language | A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family |  | 7 |
| 8262546588 | Language | A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning. |  | 8 |
| 8262546589 | Language Branch | a collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago |  | 9 |
| 8262546590 | Language Family | A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history. |  | 10 |
| 8262546591 | 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. |  | 11 |
| 8262546592 | Lingua Franca | A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages |  | 12 |
| 8262546593 | Literary tradition | A language that is written as well as spoken |  | 13 |
| 8262546594 | Official language | The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents. |  | 14 |
| 8262546595 | 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. |  | 15 |
| 8262546596 | Spanglish | Combination of Spanish and English, spoken by Hispanic-Americans. |  | 16 |
| 8262546597 | Standard language | The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications. |  | 17 |
| 8262546598 | Vulgar Latin | A form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents. |  | 18 |
| 8262546599 | hierarchical diffusion | A form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or peoples. |  | 19 |
| 8262546600 | Most numerous language speakers on earth: | Mandarin Chinese speakers |  | 20 |
| 8262546601 | Second most numerous speakers on earth: | Spanish speakers |  | 21 |
| 8262546602 | Third most numerous speakers on earth: | English speakers |  | 22 |
| 8262546603 | Fourth most numerous speakers on earth: | Arabic speakers |  | 23 |
| 8262546604 | Fifth most numerous speakers on earth: | Hindi speakers |  | 24 |
| 8262546605 | Accent | A way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker. |  | 25 |
| 8262546608 | Pidgin | when two or more languages are combined in a simplified structure and vocabulary |  | 26 |
| 8262546609 | Trade Language | A language used by speakers of a different native language for communication in commercial trade |  | 27 |
| 8262546610 | Vernacular | Everyday language of ordinary people |  | 28 |
| 8262546611 | Bilingual | Able to speak two languages |  | 29 |
| 8262546612 | Multilingual | able to speak several languages |  | 30 |