DED Words #5 Flashcards
(26 cards)
Literary Tradition
A language that is written as well as spoken.
Official Language
A language adopted by the government for use.
Language Family
A group of languages connected long before history.
Language Branch
A collection of languages derived from a language family.
Lopogram
A symbol that represents a word not a sound.
Vulgar Latin
an everyday, casual form of Latin spoken in the Roman Empire.
Dialect
A regional variety of languages.
Isogloss
A language boundary between places.
(British) Received Pronunciation
The dialect of English associated with upper class Britons living in London and now considered standard in the UK.
Creolized Language
A mix of an indigenous people’s language and its colonizer’s language.
Multilingual States
A country with multiple official languages.
Isolated Language
A language that is not related to any other language.
Extinct Language
A language that has become unused.
Endangered Language
A language that is dying in use.
Lingua Franca
A language understandable to people who have different native languages in trade.
Pidgin Language
Speech that adopts a simplified form of lingua franca; used to communicate to two different language speakers.
Ebonics
A dialect spoken by some African Americans.
Franglais
A french term for words that are English that have entered their language.
Spanglish
A combination of Spanish and English spoken by Hispanic Americans.
Denglish
A combination of German and English.
Language Divergence
Distinguishing languages by creating differences.
Language Convergence
Combining characteristics of languages.
Monolingual
Only speaking one language.
Multilingual
Speaking more than one language.
