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AP Human Geo Chapter 6 Vocabulary

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Language   show
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show Ability of two people to understand each other when speaking.  
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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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show A group of contiguous dialects where the dialects nearest to each other geographically are the most similar and the dialects farther apart are least similar.  
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show A geographic boundary where linguistic features occur.  
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Language family   show
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show Divisions within a language family where commonalities are more definite and the origin is more recent.  
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show A word in one language that shares its origin with a word in another language. They have similar meanings and spellings and show shared origins and connections among languages.  
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Language divergence   show
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show Tracking sound shifts and hardening consonants backward to uncover an original language.  
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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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show Language without any native speakers.  
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Conquest Theory   show
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show The theory that the Proto-Indo-European language spread with the diffusion of agriculture.  
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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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show Place name.  
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