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20 Cards in this Set
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British Received Pronunciation (BRP)
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the standard form of British speech
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Creole or creolized language
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a language that results from the mixing of the colonizer's language with the indigenous language
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dialect
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a regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
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ebonics
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a combination of ebony and phonics
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extinct language
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languages that were once in use but aren't anymore
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Franglais
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French and English
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ideograms
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represent concepts or ideas
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isogloss
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every word that is not used nationally has some geographic extent within the country and therefore has boundaries
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isolated language
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a language unrelated to any other and therefore not attached to any language family
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language
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a system of communication through speech
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language branch
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a collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago
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language family
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a collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed long before recorded history
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language group
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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
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lingua franca
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a language of international communication
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literary tradition
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a system of written communication
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official language
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the language used by the government for laws, reports,and public objects
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pidgin language
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a simplified form of lingua franca
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Spanglish
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Spanish and English
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standard language
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a dialect that is well established and widely recognized as the most acceptable for government, business, education, and mass communication
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Vulgar Latin
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the spoken form of Latin learned by the people of the provinces
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