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Human Geography Vocab

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show A set of sounds and symbols that are used for communication  
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Mutual intelligibility   show
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Standard language   show
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show Variants of a standard language along regional or ethic lines  
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Dialect chain   show
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Isogloss   show
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Language family   show
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Language subfamilies   show
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show A word in one language that shares its origin with a word in another language. Cognates have similar meanings and spellings and show shared origins and connections among languages  
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Language divergence   show
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Backward reconstruction   show
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show Process where two languages collapse into one language. Happens when people speaking two languages have frequent and consistent spatial interaction with each other; the opposite of language divergence  
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Extinct language   show
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Conquest theory   show
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Agricultural theory   show
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Vernacular   show
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show Language used for trade or cultural interaction among people who speak different languages  
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show Combination of two or more languages in a simplified structure and vocabulary  
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show A language that began as a pidgin language and was later adopted as the mother tongue of a people  
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Toponym   show
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