Unit 3 Language Vocab Chapter 5

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Creole or
creolized language

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Dialect

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Extinct
language

Question 4

The system of writing used in
China and other East Asian
countries in which each symbol
represents an idea or a concept
rather than a specific sound, as
is the case with letters in
English.

Answer 4

Ideograms

Question 5

A boundary that separates
regions in which different
language usages predominate

Answer 5

Isogloss

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Isolated
language

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Language

Question 8

(Germanic)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.

Answer 8

Language
branch

Question 9

(Indo-European) A collection of languages
related to each other through a
common ancestor long before
recorded history.

Answer 9

Language
family

Question 10

(West Germanic)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.

Answer 10

Language
group

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Lingua franca

Question 12

A language that is written as
well as spoken.

Answer 12

Literary
tradition

Question 13

A symbol that represents a
word rather than a sound

Answer 13

Logogram

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Official
language

Question 15

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.

Answer 15

Pidgin
language

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Vulgar Latin