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Lesson 4 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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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. |