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| British Received Pronunciation |
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| dialect of English associated with upper-class Britons living in the London area and now considered the standard in the UK |
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| language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated |
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| dialect spoken by some African-Americans |
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| language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used |
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| term used by the French for English words that have entered the French language, a combination of francais and anglais, the French words for French and English, respectively |
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| system of writing used in China and other Eastern Asian countries in which each symbol represents an idea or a concept rather than a specific sound, as is the case with letters in English |
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| language that is unrelated to any other language and therefore not attached to any language family |
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| system of communication through the use of speech, a collection of sounds understood by a group of people to have the same meaning |
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| 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 branches derived from the same family |
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| language that is written, as well as spoken |
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| combo of Spanish and English, spoken by Hispanic-Americans |
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| form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications |
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| form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used in official documents |
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| combo of Spanish and English, spoken by Hispanic-Americans |
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| form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications |
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| form of Latin used in daily conversation by ancient Romans, as opposed to the standard dialect, which was used in official documents |
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