A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language
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Mandarin Branch
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the most important language in Chinese Language
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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 variation of a language and literary tradition
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Afro-Asiatic Language Family
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Arabic and Hebrew
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lingua franca
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common language
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Literary Tradition
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a system of written communication
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Indo-European language family
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Language family including the Germanic and Romance languages that is spoken by 50% of the world's people
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Language Branch
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A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago.
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Decentralized Government
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Decentralization is achieved by dividing power between national and state governments and separating legislative, executive, and judicial branches at both levels.
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Denglish
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Combination of German and English
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Language
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A system of communication through the use of speech
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Sintic Branch
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the main branch in the Sino-Tibetan Family
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Sino-Tibetan Language Family
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2nd largest language family. Includes Madarin, Thai, Cantonese and Burmese
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Official Language
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the legal language of a country; US DOES NOT HAVE ONE
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Vulgar Latin
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the common Latin spoken by soldiers
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Revived Language
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an extinct language that is brought back into society
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Isolated Languages
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Basque and Icelandic
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standard language
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a well-established dialect
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Multilingual States and Example
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~Countries in which more than one language is spoken.
Examples: Canada, Belgium, U.S, Peru
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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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Spanglish
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Combination of Spanish and English, spoken by Hispanic-Americans.