AP Geography Chapter 5 (Mastering Geography) Notes

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Creole language

a language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated

Denglish

a combination of Deutsch (the German word for German) and English)

developing language

a language spoken in daily use with a literary tradition that is not widely distributed

dialect

a regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary

Ebonics

a dialect spoken by some African Americans

Franglais

a combination of francais and anglais (the French words for French and English respectively)

institutional language

a language used in education

isogloss

a boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate

isolated language

a language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family

language

a system of communication through the use of speech

language branch

a collection of languages related through a common ancestor that can be confirmed through archaeological evidence

language family

a collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history

language group

a collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary

lingua franca

a language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages

literary tradition

a language that is written as well as spoken

logogram

a symbol that represents a word rather than a sound

official language

the language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents

Pigdin Language

a form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca

Received Pronounciation

the dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in London and now considered standard in the United Kingdom

Spanglish

combination of Spanish and English

standard language

the form of a language used for official government business

subdialect

a subdivision of a dialect

vigorous language

a language that is spoken in daily use but that lacks a literary tradition

Vulgar Latin

a form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans