Across
- 2. A language that was once used by people in daily activities but is no longer used
- 4. 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
- 6. A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages
- 7. A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with the indigenous language of the people being dominated
- 9. The system of writing used in China and other East 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
- 10. A regional variety of a language distinguished by vocabulary, spelling, and pronunciation
Down
- 1. The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications
- 3. A language that is unrelated to any other languages and therefore not attached to any language family
- 5. A language that is written as well as spoken
- 8. A boundary that separates regions in which different language usages predominate