AP Human Geography Chapter 5 Vocab.
Language
system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understands to have the same meaning
Literary Tradition
a system of literary tradition
Official Language
the language used by the government of laws, reports, and public documents, such as road designs, maps, money, stamps, etc.
Language Family
the collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history
Language Branch
the collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago
Language Group
the collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display many similarities in grammar and vocabulary
Sino-Tibetan
encompasses the languages spoken in People's Republic of China and in several smaller countries in South Asia
Logograms
symbols that represent words, or meaningful parts of words, rather than sounds
Austronesian
spoken by about 6 percent of the world's people, who are mostly in Indonesia, the world's fourth-most-populous country
Afro-Asiatic
Arabic is the major language of the Afro-Asiatic, an official language in two dozen countries
Niger-Congo
More than 95 percent of the people in Sub-Saharan Africa speak languages of the Niger-Congo
Indo-European
the most widely used language family, is the predominant one in Europe, South Asia, and North and Latin America
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
Dialect
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
Isogloss
A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate
Standard Language
The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communication
Creole
A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated
Isolated Language
A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family
Extinct Languages
A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used
Lingua Franca
A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages
Pigdin 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
Franglais
A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language
Spanglish
A combination of Spanish and English spoken by Hispanic Americans
Denglish
A combination of German and English
Ebonics
A dialect spoken by African Americans
British Recieved Pronounciation
The dialect of England associated with upper class Britains living in the London area and now considered standard in the UK
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