language island
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Sprachinsel
An enclave where a language is physically isolated from similar languagesAn enclave where a language is physically isolated from similar languages.
» How many indigenous languages from the island of New Guinea have at least one sentence in Tatoeba?
Meaning
1 sensesAn enclave where a language is physically isolated from similar languages.
Sprachinsel
Examples
1 sentencesHow many indigenous languages from the island of New Guinea have at least one sentence in Tatoeba?
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
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Origin
Calque of German Sprachinsel.Calque of German Sprachinsel.
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Forms
plural: language islands| Singular | language island |
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Word family
1 related wordsRelateddialect island