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distinctive manner of oral expression
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the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
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the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language
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a language that no longer exists
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a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it, like pictures. Ex.Chinese characters
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| (sometimes called heterogloss) is the geographical boundary of a certain linguistic feature (i.e. pronunciation) |
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| a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical (or "genetic") relationship with other languages, relative to one region |
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A language branch is a newer, or less commonly spoken language that has a older "parent language"
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| Communication of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols |
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A language family is a group of languages related by descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family
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a common language used by speakers of different languages
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a person who knows only one language
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a person who speaks two languages fluently
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using or knowing more than one language
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An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction
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a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols (Ex. English letters)
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a language used for trade between speakers of different languages, aka trade language
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| a language most commonly spoken in a country or region |
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| the name by which a geographical place is known |
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slang: a characteristic language of a particular group
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