The adoption of cultural traits, like language, by one group under the influence of another.
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Animism
Most prevalent in Africa and the Americas with doctrine in which the world is seen as being infused with spiritual and even supernatural powers.
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Creole
a pidgin language that evolves to the point at which it becomes the primary language of the people who speak it.
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Cultural complex
The group of traits the define a particular culture.
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Cultural extinction
Obliteration of an entire culture by war, disease, acculturation, or a combination of the three.
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Cultural hearth
Locations on earth's surface where specific cultures first arose.
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Cultural imperialism
The dominance of one culture over another.
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Cultural trait
The specific customs that are part of everyday life of a particular culture, such as language, religion, ethnicity, social institutions, and aspects of popular culture.
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Diaspora
People who come from a common ethnic background but who live in different regions outside of the home of their country.
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Evangelical Religions
Religion in which an effort is made to spread a particular belief system.
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Ghetto
A segregated ethnic area within a city.
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Indo-European Family
Language family including the Germanic and Romance languages that is spoken by about 50% of the world's people.
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Isogloss
Geographical boundary lines where different linguistic features meet
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Language family
A collection of many languages, all of which came from the same original tongue long ago, that have since evolved different characteristics.
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Language group
A set of languages with a relatively recent common origin and many similar characteristics.
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Local religion
Religion that are spiritually bound to particular regions.
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Minority
A racial or ethnic group smaller than and differing from the majority race or ethnicity in a particular area or region.
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Pidgin
Language that may develop when two groups of people with different languages meet. The pidgin has some characteristics of each language.
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Polyglot
A multilingual state.
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Shaman
The single person who takes on the roles of priest, counselor, and physician and acts as a conduit to the supernatural world in a shamanistic culture.
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Sino-Tibetan Family
Language area that spreads through most of Southeast Asia and China and is comprised of Chinese, Burmese, Tibetan, Japanese, and Korean.
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Syncretic
Traditions that borrow from both the past and present
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Toponym
Place name given to certain features on the land such as settlements terrain features, and streams.
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Transculturation
The expansion of cultural traits through diffusion, adoption, and other related processes.
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