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distinctive manner of oral expression
C1-100
Accent
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the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of
a specific group of people
C1-200
dialect
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the most widely spoken constructed international
auxiliary language
C1-300
esperanto
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a language that no longer exists
C1-400
Extinct language
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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
C1-500
ideogram
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(sometimes called heterogloss) is the
geographical boundary of a certain linguistic
feature (i.e. pronunciation)
C2-100
isogloss
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a natural language with no demonstrable
genealogical (or "genetic") relationship with
other languages, relative to one region
C2-200
Isolated language
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a newer, or less commonly spoken language that
has a older "parent language". Like, Spanish,
Italian, French, and Portuguese are "branch
languages" of Latin.
C2-300
Language branch
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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
C2-400
Language family
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a common language used by speakers of different
languages
C2-500
Lingua franca
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a person who knows only one language
C3-100
monolingual
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a person who speaks two languages fluently
C3-200
bilingual
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a language that is given a special legal status
in a particular country, state, or other
jurisdiction
C3-300
Official language
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a method of representing the sounds of a language
by written or printed symbols (Ex. English
letters)
C3-400
orthography
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a language used for trade between speakers of
different languages, aka trade language
C3-500
pidgin
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a language most commonly spoken in a country or
region
C4-100
Standard language
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the name by which a geographical place is known
C3-200
toponym
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slang a characteristic language of a particular
group
C3-300
vernacular
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DAILY DOUBLE
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The most widely spoken international auxiliary
language
C3-400
Esperanto
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A collection of languages within a branch that
share a common origin in the relatively recent
past and have few differences in grammar and
vocabulary
C3-500
Language group
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A language that is written as well as spoken
C4-100
Literary tradition
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When two people can understand each other when
speaking
C4-200
Mutual intelligibility
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Two countries that are divided north/south by
language.
C4-300
Nigeria and Belgium
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Category 5 - 400
C4-400
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Language spoken by more people than any one else
C4-500
Chinese
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Category 6 - 100
C4-100
Answer
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Category 6 - 200
C4-200
Answer
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Category 6 - 300
C4-300
Answer
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Category 6 - 400
C4-400
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Category 6 - 500
C4-500
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