Examples of 'language isolate' in a sentence

Meaning of "language isolate"

language isolate - This phrase refers to a language that has no known or demonstrable genetic relationship with other languages. It is a standalone language without any clear connections to other language families or linguistic groups
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  • A natural language with no proven genetic relationship to another language.

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Basque is a commonly cited example of a language isolate.
A language isolate is a language with no demonstrable relationship with other languages.
Puelche has long been considered a language isolate.
Zuni is a language isolate.
Washo is conservatively considered a language isolate.
The language isolate spoken by the Natchez.
Tiwi has long been regarded as a language isolate.
Sumer and a language isolate that was spoken in southern Mesopotamia.
It may therefore have been a language isolate.
It may therefore be a language isolate with substantial Jola borrowing relexification.
Etruscan was traditionally considered to be a language isolate.
Purépecha has long been classified as a language isolate unrelated to any other known language.
These are sometimes considered divergent dialects of a single language isolate.
Cofán is a language isolate.
All three may be considered to be dialects of the one language isolate.

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Wagiman is a language isolate.
Elamite is generally thought to have no demonstrable relatives and is usually considered a language isolate.
Chiquitano is a language isolate.
Kusunda is a language isolate spoken by a handful of people in western and central Nepal.
Kutenai is typically considered a language isolate.
It is also considered a language isolate and makes up the Alacalufan language family.
Keres is now considered a language isolate.
Pyu is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Dimmendaal leaves it as a language isolate.
Nikvh is a language isolate spoken in the Russian Far East.
It was previously considered a language isolate.
The Nihali language is a language isolate spoken in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
They have classified Haida as a language isolate.
Kusunda ( Kusanda ) is a language isolate spoken by a handful of people in western and central Nepal.
Their language was a language isolate.
The Abinomn language is a language isolate initially reported by Mark Donohue from Papua province, Indonesia.
It is believed to be language isolate.
Zuni is considered a language isolate i.e., unrelated to any other known language.
The language of the Sumerians is a language isolate.
Language isolate ( Inland dialect spoken in Canada ).
Historical linguists classify Korean as a language isolate.
The Andoque language is a language isolate and is extinct in Peru.
The Elamite language is generally treated as a language isolate.
Canichana, or Canesi, is a possible language isolate of Bolivia department Beni.
The Natchez language is generally considered a language isolate.
Kutenay is a language isolate ( see NATIVE PEOPLE, LANGUAGES ).
Most linguists classify Korean as a language isolate.
Porome was classified as a language isolate by Stephen Wurm.
Contemporary linguists generally consider Yana to be a language isolate.
Thus, it is a language isolate.
Linguists consider the Natchezan language family to be a language isolate.
Inuit Sign Language is a critically endangered language isolate spoken in Nunavut.
The majority of historical and modern linguists classify Korean as a language isolate.
Tinigua ( Tiniguas ) is an endangered language isolate spoken in Colombia.
Elamite has no demonstrable relatives, and is usually considered a language isolate.

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