AP Human Geography Language questions and answers rated A+

AP Human Geography Language Accent - correct answer a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation Dialect - correct answer a regional variety of a language, with differences in vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation; also a form of a language spoken by members of a particular social class or profession Esperanto - correct answer an artificial language based as far as possible on words common to all the European languages Extinct Language - correct answer A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used. Ideogram - correct answer symbol that stands for a concept rather than a word Isolated Language - correct answer A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family. Official Language - correct answer The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents. Pidgin Language - correct answer A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among speakers of two different languages. Toponym - correct answer place name Vernacular - correct answer the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) Creole Language - correct answer A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated. Language Branch - correct answer A collection of languages related through a common ancestor that existed several thousand years ago. Language - correct answer a system of words used in a particular discipline Language Group - correct answer a set of languages with a relatively recent common origin and many similar characteristics Language Family - correct answer A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history. Lingua Franca - correct answer a common language used by speakers of different languages Literary Tradition - correct answer A language that is written as well as spoken Mono-bi-multi Linguality - correct answer Mono: One Language is spoken fluently Bi: 2 languages are spoken fluently Multi: More than 1 languages are spoken fluently Orthography - correct answer a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols Standard Language - correct answer The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications. Trade Language - correct answer A language used between native speakers of different languages to allow them to communicate so that they can trade with each other.