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A way of pronouncing words that indicates the place of origin or social background of the speaker.

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Language Group

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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.

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Recieved Pronunciation

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The standard form of english in Britian

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Colloquialism

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a non formal word or phrase that is used by certain groups in certain areas.

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language

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A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning.

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Language Family

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A group of languages that evolved from the same language before recorded history.

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Language Branch

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A group of languages that came from a similar language within the last few thousand years. These languages will have more in common than a language family.

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Dialect

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a form of language spoken by people in a particular region or group

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standard language

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A particular variety of a language that is regarded as the most correct or widely accepted.

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lingua franca

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A language widely used by people as a second language so that they can communicate with other people (used for bussiness)

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Idiom

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A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.

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Isogloss

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a line on a map that shows where certain words or phrases are spoken.

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Cognate

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A word that sounds the same or similar in more than one language and means the same thing.

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