AP Huge Language Flashcards
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| 5179871953 | Language | Organized system of spoken words by which people communicate with one another with mutual comprehension | 0 | |
| 5179871954 | Standard Language | Language in a certain area that is widely taught, government seeks to promote its use | 1 | |
| 5179871955 | Dialect | Regional variation of a language by pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary | 2 | |
| 5179871956 | Isogloss | Boundaries that separate dialects | 3 | |
| 5179871957 | Mutual Intelligibility | When two people can understand each other when speaking | 4 | |
| 5179871958 | Dialect Chains | Distribution of dialect across space, closer to an area is more more similar to it | 5 | |
| 5179871959 | Language family | Largest classification of languages, fairly distant origin (Indo-European) | 6 | |
| 5179987236 | Language subfamily | Divisions of a language with more commonalities, more recent origin (Romance) | 7 | |
| 5179871960 | Language groups | Set of individual languages, relatively recent/common origin | 8 | |
| 5179871961 | Indo-European language | Largest number of speakers, widest distribution of language families | 9 | |
| 5179871962 | Lingua franca | Language used for trade by two people who speak native tongues (English) | 10 | |
| 5179871963 | Pidgin language | When two different languages are combined into a simplified structure and vocabulary (Swahili) | 11 | |
| 5179871964 | Trade language | Language used between native speakers of 2 different languages to allow for communication for trade | 12 | |
| 5179871965 | Creole language | Pidgin language that had developed a more complex structure and vocab, becomes native language of a group of people | 13 | |
| 5179871966 | Monolingual states | Countries where almost everyone speaks the same language (Japan) | 14 | |
| 5179871967 | Multilingual states | Countries in which more than one language is used (India) | 15 | |
| 5179871968 | Official language | Language adopted by government to be used, commonly in areas with multiple languages or taken as a colony | 16 | |
| 5179871969 | Global language | Common language of trade and commerce used around the world | 17 | |
| 5179871970 | Linguistic diversity | Variety of languages used in an area | 18 | |
| 5179871971 | Toponyms | Place name, tells of history or characteristics (MLK blvd) | 19 |