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accent

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the manner in which people speak and the way words are pronounced in different parts of the world

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language branch

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a collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago

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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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A simplified form of speech developed from two or more languages

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orthography

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a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols

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mono-, bi-, multi-linguality

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able to fluently speak 1, 2, 3 or more languages, respectively

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trade language

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a common language that emerges when countries trade with each other

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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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Esperanto

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A made-up Latin-based language, which its European proponents in the early twentieth century hoped would become a global language

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standard language

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The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.

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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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isolated language

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

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literary tradition

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a system of written communication

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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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ideogram

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symbol that stands for a concept rather than a word

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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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A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation.

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lingua franca

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a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different.

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toponym

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the name given to a place on Earth

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vernacular

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Everyday language of ordinary people

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extinct language

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language once used by people in daily activites but is no longer used

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