Aphg vocab-language Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Language | A system of communication that is the carrier of human thoughts and cultural identities |
| Official language | The language adopted by a country's government conducting business and publishing of official government documents |
| Standard language | The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications. |
| Dialect | regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation. |
| Isogloss | a boundary line between two distinct linguistic regions. |
| Language family | A group of languages that share a common ancestral language and from the same origin |
| Language branch | A collection of languages within a language family with a common origin and separated from other branches in the same family. |
| Language group | Languages within a language branch that share a common ancestor. |
| Indo-European Language Family | The language family includes all European languages. |
| Romance Languages | A language group related to all the languages from drive from latin. |
| Creole or Creolized Language | The blending of two languages that may not include the features of either original language. |
| Toponyms | Place name |
| Extinct Languages | A language that was once used but isn't anymore. |
| Slang | Informal short lived word that is used in standard language. |
| Native speakers | People who speak a language from their country of origin, |
| Lingua Franca | Common language that is used among speakers of different languages. |
| Pidgin language | Emerges when two or more languages co-exist in an area. |
| Isolated language | A language unrelated to any other language. |
| Revitalized language | A language that almost became extinct that has been revived |
| Mono-linguality | Speaking one language |
| Bilinguality | Speaking two languages |
| Multi-linguality | Speaking multiple languages |
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