Vocabulary collage
By: Alex Fenner and Derek Hegna
Language - system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning
Example - English, Spanish, and French
Dialect - a regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
Example - south U.S, Midwest, and New England
Language branch - a collection of languages through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago
Example - Indo-Iranian, romance, and Germanic
Language family - a collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history
Example - Indo-European
Language group - a collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in relatively recent past and display relatively few differences in grammar and vocabulary
Example - West Germanic
Lingua Franca - a language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people wh have different native languages
Example - English
Literary tradition- a language that is written as well as spoken
Example - English, Spanish, and French
Official language - the language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents
Example - English in most other countries
Standard Language - form of language used for official government business, education, and mass communications
Example - British Received Pronunciation (BRP)
Extinct Language - Language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used
Example - Gothic