Language that is most acceptable for government, education, and mass communication.
What is standard language?
100
A system of written communication.
What is literary tradition?
100
A repetitive act performed by an individual.
What is habit?
100
Collection of language related through a common ancestral language. Examples: Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan.
What is language family?
200
Language created when humans combine multiple languages into simplified vocabulary and structure.
What is pidgin language?
200
A regional variation of a language distinguished by distinctive vocabulary, pronounciation, and spelling.
What is dialect?
200
A geographic language boundary where a particular linguistic feature occurs.
What is isogloss?
200
A collection of languages within a branch that share a common origin in the relatively recent past and show similar vocabulary and grammar.
What is language group?
300
Language that is given special legal status usually used within a government.
What is official language?
300
A language that is unrelated to any other language and not attached to a language family.
What is isolated language?
300
A repetitive act that is performed by a group of people.
What is custom?
300
A collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language. Differences are not as significant or as old as between families.
What is language branch?
400
Pidgin language that has developed a more intricate vocabulary and structure, and has become the native language for a group of humans.
What is creole language?
400
Language that is no longer spoken or read in daily activities by people in the world.
What is extinct language?
400
A restriction imposed by a social custom to eat particular plants or animals that are believed to embody negative forces.
What is a taboo?
400
Dialect that is a combination of ebony and phonics.
What is ebonics?
500
A system of communication through speech, a collection of sounds that a group of people understand.
What is language?
500
A language of international communication, usually for commerce.
What is lingua franca?
500
The contribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes.