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Language

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a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

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Language subfamily

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a smaller group of related languages within a language family

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Isogloss

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A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate

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Pidgin

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an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages

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Creole

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a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages

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Lingua franca

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

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Official language

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

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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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Language family

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

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Dialect

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the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

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Toponymy

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the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language

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Indo-European languages

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a family of several hundred related languages and dialects,[1] including most major languages of Europe, Iran, and northern India, and historically also predominant in Anatolia and Central Asia.

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Trade language

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A language used between native speakers of different languages to allow them to communicate so that they can trade with each other.

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Monolingual/multilingual

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Mono- can only speak one language fluently Multi-can speak more than one language fluently

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Linguistic diversity

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the degree that a society is marked by a mosaic of local languages and multilingualism; constitutes a centrifugal force because it impedes communication within the larger population

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