Chapter 5 Flashcards
(14 cards)
Creole
A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer’s language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.
dialect
a regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation
Language family
a collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history
language branch
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 the language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branches derived from the same family.
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
lingua franca
a language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native language
official language
the language adopted for use by a government for the conduction of business and publication of documents.
A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer’s language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated.
Creole
a regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation
dialect
a collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history
Language family
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 the language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branches derived from the same family.
language branch
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
language group
a language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native language
lingua franca
the language adopted for use by a government for the conduction of business and publication of documents.
official language
