AP Human Geo Language Flashcards

5626234248	Creole	A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.	0
5626234249	Dialect	A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation	1
5626234250	Ebonics	Dialect spoken by some African Americans.	2
5626234251	Extinct Language	A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.	3
5626234252	Franglais	A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language	4
5626234253	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
5626234254	Isogloss	A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate.	6
5626234255	Isolated Language	A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family	7
5626234256	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
5626234257	Language Branch	a collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago	9
5626234258	Language Family	A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.	10
5626234259	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
5626234260	Lingua Franca	A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages	12
5626234261	Literary tradition	A language that is written as well as spoken	13
5626234262	Official language	The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.	14
5626234263	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
5626234264	Spanglish	Combination of Spanish and English, spoken by Hispanic-Americans.	16
5626234265	Standard language	The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.	17
5626234266	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
5626234267	hierarchical diffusion	A form of diffusion in which an idea or innovation spreads by passing first among the most connected places or peoples.	19
5626234268	Most numerous language speakers on earth:	Mandarin Chinese speakers	20
5626234269	Second most numerous speakers on earth:	Spanish speakers	21
5626234270	Third most numerous speakers on earth:	English speakers	22
5626234271	Fourth most numerous speakers on earth:	Arabic speakers	23
5626234272	Fifth most numerous speakers on earth:	Hindi speakers	24
5626234273	Accent	A way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker.	25
5626234274	Esperanto	A made-up Latin-based language, which its European proponents in the early twentieth century hoped would become a global language	26
5626234275	Orthography	The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage.	27
5626234276	Pidgin	when two or more languages are combined in a simplified structure and vocabulary	28
5626234277	Trade Language	A language used by speakers of a different native language for communication in commercial trade	29
5626234278	Vernacular	Everyday language of ordinary people	30
5626234279	Bilingual	Able to speak two languages	31
5626234280	Multilingual	able to speak several languages	32