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AP HUG U3B
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| literary tradition | language that is written and spoken |
| official language | language used by the government |
| dialect | a regional or societal variety of a language with its own vocab, grammar, and pronunciation |
| isogloss | geographic boundary that separates regions with different language features |
| standard language | form of language used for education, mass communication |
| British pronunciation (received) | dialect of English |
| language family | group of languages through common ancestors (proto-language) |
| language branch | languages in the same family that share a common ancestor |
| language group | languages with common origin, similar grammar, and vocab |
| vulgar latin | non-standard, everyday spoken form of latin |
| romance language | branch of Indo-European language |
| creole language | developing a new language by mixing two or more languages |
| slang | informal, nonstandard words |
| ideograms | a written symbol |
| extinct languages | language with no living native speakers |
| isolated languages | no known relatives and not part of any language family |
| lingua franca | common language used for communication between people with different native backgrounds |
| adage | short traditional saying that expresses a general truth |
| pidgin language | simplified language developed between groups with different languages |
| ebonics | dialect of english, spoken by african americans |
| franglais | french + english |
| spanglais | spanish + english |
| denglish | german + english |
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