AP Human Geo- Geography of Language Flashcards
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| 8408219997 | Accent | A way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker. |  | 0 |
| 8408219998 | Dialect | A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. |  | 1 |
| 8408223680 | Esperanto | an artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages |  | 2 |
| 8408229416 | Extinct Language | A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used. |  | 3 |
| 8408229417 | Ideogram | a pictorial character or symbol that represents a specific meaning or idea |  | 4 |
| 8408234048 | Isogloss | A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate. |  | 5 |
| 8408236577 | Isolated Language | A language that is unrelated to any other language and therefore not attached to any language family |  | 6 |
| 8408242222 | Language Branch | A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. |  | 7 |
| 8408242223 | Language | our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning |  | 8 |
| 8408245810 | Language Group | A set of languages with a relatively recent common origin and many similar characteristics. |  | 9 |
| 8408248098 | Language Family | Group of related languages that have all developed from one earlier language |  | 10 |
| 8408248099 | Lingua Franca | a common language used by speakers of different languages |  | 11 |
| 8408252731 | Literary Tradition | A language that is written as well as spoken. |  | 12 |
| 8408265591 | Mono-linguality | The ability to speak only one language |  | 13 |
| 8408284884 | Bi-linguality | The ability to speak two languages |  | 14 |
| 8408288533 | Muli-linguality | The ability to speak multiple languages |  | 15 |
| 8408299246 | Official Language | Language in which all government business occurs in a country. |  | 16 |
| 8408299247 | Orthography | The conventional spelling system of a language |  | 17 |
| 8408303041 | Pidgin | A simplified form of speech developed from two or more languages |  | 18 |
| 8408303042 | Standard Language | The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications. |  | 19 |
| 8408307167 | Toponym | The name given to a portion of Earth's surface. |  | 20 |
| 8408307168 | Trade Language | a restructured language (as a lingua franca or pidgin) used especially in commercial communication. |  | 21 |
| 8408311771 | Vernacular | the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. |  | 22 |