AP Human Geo Language Flashcards

8238155744	Official Language	The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.	0
8238168382	Language Family	A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.	1
8238175425	Isogloss	A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate.	2
8238717959	Creole Language	A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.	3
8238724805	Extinct Language	A language that was once used by people but is no longer used.	4
8238732840	Lingua Franca	A language that is mutually understood by two people, but isn't their main language. Ex. A Frenchman and an Englishman both know Spanish and are able to communicate using Spanish despite it not being their first language.	5
8238788830	Pidgin Language	A form of speech that takes a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca. It's used for communications between speakers of two different languages.	6
8238800681	Language Branch	A collection of languages that are related through a common ancestor that existed thousands of years ago. The differences are not as extensive or as old as with language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branches came from the same family.	7
8238850627	Dialect	a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group.	8
8238936225	Standard Language	The form of language that is used for all government business and trade.	9