language isolate
A natural language with no proven genetic relationship to another languageA natural language with no proven genetic relationship to another language.
» Basque is a commonly cited example of a language isolate.
Баскский язык - типичный пример изолированного языка. — soniamiku
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1 sensesA natural language with no proven genetic relationship to another language.
isolierte Sprache
изоли́рованный язы́кizolírovannyj jazýk, язы́к-изоля́тjazýk-izolját
ізольо́вана мо́ваizolʹóvana móva, мо́вний ізоля́тmóvnyj izolját
Examples
6 sentencesBasque is a commonly cited example of a language isolate.
ruБаскский язык - типичный пример изолированного языка. — soniamiku
A language isolate is a language with no demonstrable relationship with other languages.
ruИзолированный язык - язык, не имеющий очевидной связи с другими языками. — soniamiku
A language isolate is a language with no demonstrable relationship to any other language.
I love language isolates.
Basque is a language isolate.
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Forms
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See also
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