BBQ Vocabulary Language Sliders
By Nicole Tanski and Caitlyn Thompson
Terms
Dialect - a regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciations
example: In Tennessee they say "y'all" instead of "you guys" like in Minnesota or "you all" in Kentucky
Extinct language - a language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used
example: Klallam, part of the Salishan language family and was native of Washington, USA
Ideogram
example: Chinese and Japenese languages use ideograms instead of letters
Isogloss
Each color represents an isogloss of languages
Language
example: Spanish - maestro bidwell enseƱa AP geographia Humana en ERHS.
More Terms
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 language families, and archaeological evidence can confirm that the branched derived from the same family
example: Germanic and Romance are language branches
Language family - a collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history
example: Some of the better known families are the Indo-Europen and Sino-Tibetan
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 vocabulary and grammar
example: The language groups of the Indo-European family include German, English, and Dutch.
Literary tradition - a language that is written as well as spoken
example: French, and various other languages, are literary traditions since it can written as well as spoken
Official Language - the language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents
example: official language of Russia is Russian but countries may have more than one official language like India - Hindu & English, or have no official language such as the USA