Ch 5 KI 1 & 2 Vocab Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Language | A system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning (e.g. English) |
| Language Branch | A collection of languages within a family. (e.g. Germanic) |
| Language Family | A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history (e.g. Indo-European) |
| Language Group | 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. (e.g. West Germanic) |
| 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 documents |
| Vulgar Latin | A form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used for official documents |
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