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Dialect: A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary,spelling,and pronunciation.
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Extinct language: A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.
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Ideogram:The system of writing used in China and other East Asian coutries in which each symbol represents an idea or a concept rather than a specific sound, as is the case with letters in English
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Isogloss: A boundary that separates regionsnin which different language usages predominate.
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Isolated language: A language that is unrelated to any other language and therefore not attached to any language family.
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Language branch: A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive or as old as with languages families, and archaeological evildence can confirm that the branches derived from the same family.
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Language: A system of communication through the use of speech a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.
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Language group: A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in gramma and vocabulary.
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Language family: A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before long before recorded history.
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Lingua franca: A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have diffrent native languages.
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Literary tradition: A lanuage that is writen as well as spoken
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Official language: The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.
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Pidgin:A formof speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communication among speakers of two diffrent languages.
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Standard language:The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.
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Toponym: The name given to a portion of Earth's surface.
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Venacular: An area that people believe exists as part of their identity.
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