Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
apHUG LanguageTerms
these are all pretty similar so i wanted to make a separate stack for them
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| working language | A language that is used by an international organization or corporation as its primary means of communication for daily correspondence and conversation |
| vigorous language | A language that is in daily use but lacks a literary tradition |
| threatened language | A language used for face-to-face communication, but is losing users |
| standard language | the form of a language used for official government, business, education, and mass communication |
| Received Pronunciation (RP) | The dialect of English commonly used by politicians, broadcasters, and actors in the United Kingdom |
| Official language | the language adopted for use by a government for the conduct of business and publication of documents |
| Lingua franca | a language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages |
| Dying language | A language used by older people, but is not being transmitted to children |
| Developing language | A language in daily use with a literary tradition that is not widely distributed |
| literary tradition | a language that is written as well as spoken |
| Institutional language | A language used in education, work, mass media, and government |
| Endangered language | A language that children are no longer learning, and its remaining speakers use it less frequently |
| Extinct language | A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used |
Created by:
YaeckerE25
Popular AP Human Geography sets