"speech community" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: speech communities [plural]
Etymology: Probably a calque of German Sprachgemeinschaft. Etymology templates: {{cal|en|de|Sprachgemeinschaft|nocap=1}} calque of German Sprachgemeinschaft Head templates: {{en-noun}} speech community (plural speech communities)
  1. (linguistics) A group of people sharing a language, or a particular way of using that language Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: speech-community Translations (group of people sharing a language or way of speaking): моўная супольнасць (móŭnaja supólʹnascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), jazyková komunita [feminine] (Czech), řečová komunita [feminine] (Czech), communauté linguistique [feminine] (French), comunidade lingüística [feminine] (Galician), Sprachgemeinschaft [feminine] (German), komunitas tutur (Indonesian), komunitas wicara (Indonesian), komunitas bahasa (Indonesian), 언어공동체 (eoneogongdongche) (Korean), јазична заедница (jazična zaednica) [feminine] (Macedonian), говорна заедница (govorna zaednica) [feminine] (Macedonian), społeczność językowa [feminine] (Polish), społeczność komunikacyjna [feminine] (Polish), społeczność mowna [feminine] (Polish), wspólnota językowa [feminine] (Polish), wspólnota komunikacyjna [feminine] (Polish), wspólnota mowna [feminine] (Polish), языковое сообщество (jazykovoje soobščestvo) [neuter] (Russian), речевое сообщество (rečevoje soobščestvo) [neuter] (Russian), jezička zajednica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), jezična zajednica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), govorna zajednica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), jazyková komunita [feminine] (Slovak), rečová komunita [feminine] (Slovak), jezikovna skupnost [feminine] (Slovene), govorna skupnost [feminine] (Slovene), мовна спільнота (movna spilʹnota) [feminine] (Ukrainian), мовне співтовариство (movne spivtovarystvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-speech_community-en-noun-pmdiyDfm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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