"language isolate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: language isolates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} language isolate (plural language isolates)
  1. (linguistics) A natural language with no proven genetic relationship to another language. Categories (topical): Languages, Linguistics Translations (natural language without relatives): 孤立語言 (Chinese Mandarin), 孤立语言 (gūlì yǔyán) (Chinese Mandarin), isolaattikieli (Finnish), isolat [masculine] (French), langue isolée [feminine] (French), lingua illada [feminine] (Galician), isolierte Sprache [feminine] (German), भाषा एकल (bhāṣā ekal) (Hindi), szigetnyelv (Hungarian), bahasa isolat (Indonesian), 孤立した言語 (koritsu shita gengo) (alt: こりつしたげんご) (Japanese), оқшау тіл (oqşau tıl) (Kazakh), 고립어 (goribeo) (alt: 孤立語) (Korean), língua isolada [feminine] (Portuguese), limbă izolată [feminine] (Romanian), изоли́рованный язы́к (izolírovannyj jazýk) [masculine] (Russian), язы́к-изоля́т (jazýk-izolját) [masculine] (Russian), lengua aislada [feminine] (Spanish), isolatspråk [neuter] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bhāṣā ekal",
          "sense": "natural language without relatives",
          "word": "भाषा एकल"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "code": "id",
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          "alt": "こりつしたげんご",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
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      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bhāṣā ekal",
      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "word": "भाषा एकल"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "word": "szigetnyelv"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "word": "bahasa isolat"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こりつしたげんご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koritsu shita gengo",
      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "word": "孤立した言語"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "oqşau tıl",
      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "word": "оқшау тіл"
    },
    {
      "alt": "孤立語",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "goribeo",
      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "word": "고립어"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "língua isolada"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "limbă izolată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izolírovannyj jazýk",
      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "изоли́рованный язы́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jazýk-izolját",
      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "язы́к-изоля́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lengua aislada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "natural language without relatives",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "isolatspråk"
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