AP HG

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bilingualism

the ability to communicate in two languages

creole

a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages

dialect

usage or vocab thats characteristic of a specific group of people

extinct language

language used for daily activities

Indo-european language family

family that consists of albanian, celtic, germanic, italic languages

isogloss

boundary that seperates regions in which different language usages predominate

language

mental faculty or power of vocal communication

language families

group of languages with a shared but fairly distant origin

language sub-family

group of languages w/ more commanlity than a language family

lingua franca

common language based by speakers or different languages

linguistic fragmentation

number of languages spoken, by a small amount of poeple

linguistic geography

study of local variations within a speech area by mapping word choices

marxism

political, economic, social principles and policies that hold that human actions and institution are economically determined

multilingualism

use of two or more languages

official language

language adopted for use of the governemtn for business

pidgin

artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages

standard language

form of language used for government business

toponymy

place name