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Lesson 4 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bilingualsim | The ability to speak two languages fluently. |
| Creole | Language that is created when an indigenous language is combined with a colonizer's language. |
| Dialect | Local spoken variation of a language. |
| Extinct language | A language that is no longer has any speakers or is no longer in use. |
| Indo-European Language Family | The largest language family. Contains English, Spanish, French, Italian just to name a few. |
| Isogloss | Language or word usage boundary. |
| Language | System of communication thru speech. |
| Language families | Collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestry. Often times long before history was recorded. |
| Lingua Franca | A language commonly used for business or trade between people of two different languages. |
| Official Language | The language used in a country by a government. Many countries have more than one official language. |
| Pidgin | A simplified form of a lingua franca that mixes in some of the indigenous language. |