language AP human geo Flashcards
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8152359199 | dialect | A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. | 0 | |
8152360622 | isogloss | A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate. | 1 | |
8152360623 | cerole | A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated. | 2 | |
8152361860 | pidigin | 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. | 3 | |
8152362405 | jargon/trade language | A language that combines multiple languages, and is created for trade only. | 4 | |
8152363085 | lingua franca | A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages. | 5 |