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Language

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show Speaking two languages  
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show 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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show A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation  
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Extinct language   show
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Indo- European   show
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Isogloss   show
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show A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family.  
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show 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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Language branch   show
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Language family   show
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show A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary  
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Lingua franca   show
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Linguist   show
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show A language that is written as well as spoken  
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show A symbol that represents a word rather than a sound  
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show Speaking only one language  
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Multilinguality   show
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Official language   show
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Pidgin language   show
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show Where people within one culture adopt some of the traits of another while still retaining their own distinct culture.  
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show Is a category of acculturation in which the interaction of two cultures results in one culture adopting almost ALL of the customs, traditions, language, and other culture traits of the other. An individual or group that has fully assimilated into a culture will be indistinguishable socially and culturally from others in the culture.  
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Syncretism   show
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