"language contact" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: language contacts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} language contact (plural language contacts)
  1. (linguistics) The phenomenon in which speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact and influence each other. Wikipedia link: language contact Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (phenomenon): 語言接觸 (Chinese Mandarin), 语言接触 (yǔyán jiēchù) (Chinese Mandarin), taalcontact [neuter] (Dutch), kielikontakti (Finnish), Sprachkontakt [masculine] (German), kontakt językowy [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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