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Aphg vocab-language

TermDefinition
Language A system of communication that is the carrier of human thoughts and cultural identities
Official language The language adopted by a country's government conducting business and publishing of official government documents
Standard language The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.
Dialect regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.
Isogloss a boundary line between two distinct linguistic regions.
Language family A group of languages that share a common ancestral language and from the same origin
Language branch A collection of languages within a language family with a common origin and separated from other branches in the same family.
Language group Languages within a language branch that share a common ancestor.
Indo-European Language Family The language family includes all European languages.
Romance Languages A language group related to all the languages from drive from latin.
Creole or Creolized Language The blending of two languages that may not include the features of either original language.
Toponyms Place name
Extinct Languages A language that was once used but isn't anymore.
Slang Informal short lived word that is used in standard language.
Native speakers People who speak a language from their country of origin,
Lingua Franca Common language that is used among speakers of different languages.
Pidgin language Emerges when two or more languages co-exist in an area.
Isolated language A language unrelated to any other language.
Revitalized language A language that almost became extinct that has been revived
Mono-linguality Speaking one language
Bilinguality Speaking two languages
Multi-linguality Speaking multiple languages
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