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vigorous language

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

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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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Institutional language

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A language used in education, work, mass media, and government.

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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 language

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A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among speakers of two different languages.

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Logogram

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A symbol that represents a word rather than a sound

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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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extinct language

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A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used.

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Ebonics

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Dialect spoken by some African Americans

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Vulgar Latin

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A form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents.

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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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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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Developing language

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

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Creole language

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

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Denglish

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A combination of Deutsch (the German word for German) and English).

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Spanglish

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A combination of Spanish and English

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Subdialect

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A subdivision of a dialect

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Literary Tradition

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A language that is written as well as spoken

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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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Language Branch

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

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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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Dialect

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

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Received Pronunciation

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

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Franglais

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A combination of French and English

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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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