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| animism | a belief that natural objects may be the abode of dead people spirits or gods who occasionally give the objects the appearance of life |
| buddhism | a universalizing religion, east and central asia, based on Sidartha Guatama, suffering is inherent in all life but can be relieved by mental and moral self-purification |
| caste | hereditary social classes in hinduism that determines ones occupatipon and position in society |
| christianity | a monotheistic universalizing religion based on the teachigns of Jesus Christ and of the Bible as sacred scripture. |
| confucianism | a chinese value system and ethnic religion emphasizing ethics, social morality, tradition, and ancestor worship |
| creole | a language developed from a pidgin to become the native tongue of a society |
| dialect | a language variant marked by vocabulary grammar and pronounciation differnces. |
| ethnic religion | a religion identified with a particular ethnic group and largeley exclusive to it. |
| geographic dialect | a language variant marked by spatial or regional vocabulary grammar and pronounciation differences |
| hinduism | an ancient and dominant value system and religion of India. It does not have a central creed or single doctrine or religious organization. More like a traditional way of life: wide range of traditions and ideas.(Clarifying statement) Oldest living major religion(BIG IDEA) |
| islam | monotheistic universalizing religion that includes belief in Allah (7th Century) as the sole deity and in Mohammed as his prophet completing the work of earlier prophets of Judaism and Christianity. Mecca and Medina are their holy cities(BIG IDEA) Koran Is the holy book, Sharia is the holy law. Includes 5 pillars: A P F C P (PAPFC) |
| isogloss | a boundary line marking the limits of a particular linguistic feature |
| judaism | monotheistic ethnic religion first develobed among the Hebrew people of the ancient near east; its determining conditions include descent from israel and the torah and tradition |
| language | system of words their pronounciation and combination used and mutually understood by a community of individuals |
| language family | a group of languages thought to have desceded from a single common ancestral tongue. |
| lingua franca | any of various auxilary languages used as common tongues among people of an area where several languages are spoken; literally: frankish langauage |
| linguistic geography | study of local variation within a speech area by mapping word choices pronunciations or grammatical constructions |
| monotheism | the belief that there is but a single god |
| multilingualism | the common use of two or more languages in a society |
| official language | a government designated language of instruction of government of the courts and other official public and private communication |
| pidgin | an auxillary language derived with reduced vocabulary and simplified structure from other languages. not a native tongue. is is used for limited communication |
| polytheism | belief in or worship of many gods |
| protolanguage | an assumed reconstructed or recorded ancestral language |
| religion | a personal or institutionalized system of worship and of faith in the sacred and divine |
