French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

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French word list

	langue nigéro-congolaise
	langue nilo-saharienne
	langue nilotique
	langue objet
	langue primitive
	langue romane
	langue sémitique
	langue sino-tibétaine
	langue slave
	langue supralocale
	langue synthétique
	langue tchadienne
	langue d'union
	langue-cible
	langues

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English

ancestor language

[Subentry of language₁]

Fr langue mère

Synonym(s): parent language

Related term(s): daughter language, family of languages, genealogy, language family, proto-language, reconstruction

Domain: Historical Linguistics

Source(s): Hartmann & Stork 1972: 14; Hudson 1996: 37 (ancestor variety); Matthews 1997: 18

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English word list

	anaphor
	anaphora
	anaphoric
	anaptyctic
	anaptyxis
	anarthria
	anastrophe
	angled brackets
	animate
	anomalist
	anomalous
	anomaly
	anomia
	anomic aphasia
	anomie

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