Chapter 5 Flashcards
Denglish
A combination of German and English
Creole
A language that results from the mixing of a colonizers language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated
Dialect
A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
Ebonocs
A dialect spoken by some african americans
Extinct language
A language that was once used by people in daily activities but no longer is used
Franglais
A term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language; the French words are French and English respectively
Isogloss
A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate
Isolated language
A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family
Language
A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meeting
Language branch
A collection of languages related through common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Differences are not as extensive as old as with language families and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branches thrived from the same family
Language family
A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history
Lingua franca
A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native tongues
Literary tradition
A language that is written as well as spoken
Logogram
A symbol that represents a word rather than a sound
Official language
The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of document
