"language continuum" meaning in All languages combined

See language continuum on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: language continua [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|language continua}} language continuum (plural language continua)
  1. (linguistics) A situation where two or more languages in the same geographic region merge together without a definable boundary. Wikipedia link: language continuum Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: dialect continuum, macrolanguage
    Sense id: en-language_continuum-en-noun-HVwaCh68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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