AP Human Geo: Chapter 5

Question 1

121. Creole or Creolized Language

Answer 1

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

Question 2

122. Denglish

Answer 2

A combination of German and English.

Question 3

123. Dialect

Answer 3

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

Question 4

124. Ebonics

Answer 4

A dialect spoken by some African Americans.

Question 5

125. Extinct Language

Answer 5

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

Question 6

126. Franglais

Answer 6

A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language; a combination of francias and anglais, the French words for French and English, respectively.

Question 7

127. Isogloss

Answer 7

A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate.

Question 8

128. Isolated Language

Answer 8

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

Question 9

129. Language

Answer 9

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

Question 10

130. Language Branch

Answer 10

A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive or as old as with language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branches derived from the same family.

Question 11

131. Language Family

Answer 11

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

Question 12

132. Language Group

Answer 12

A collection of languages within a branch that shares a common origin in the relatively resent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary.

Question 13

133. Lingua Franca

Answer 13

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

Question 14

134. Literacy Tradition

Answer 14

A language that is written as well as spoken.

Question 15

135.Logogram

Answer 15

A symbol that represents a word rather than a sound.

Question 16

136. Official Language

Answer 16

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

Question 17

137. Pidgin Language

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

138. Received Pronunciation

Answer 18

(RP) the dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in London and now considered standard in the United Kingdoms.

Question 19

139. Spanglish

Answer 19

A combination of Spanish and English spoken by Hispanic Americans.

Question 20

140. Standard Language

Answer 20

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

Question 21

141. Vulgar Latin

Answer 21

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