Geography Language Crossword

Language can be classified in families, groups and________________
a particular form of a language specific to a region or social group
The kind of language used by the government for conducting business
______is a system of communication through speech.
a collection of languages related through a common ancestral language that existed long before recorded history.
American and British dialects differ in vocabulary, spelling and _____
A word that means the same thing as gas in America
What means..a language of international communication
Some languages are no longer used, because speakers adopt a language of a more_____ group.
A language that results from the mixing of their own language with a dominant language