"parent language" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: parent languages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} parent language (plural parent languages)
  1. (linguistics) A language from which a later language is derived. Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: proto-language Translations (Translations): kantakieli (Finnish), langue mère [feminine] (French), Vorläufersprache [feminine] (German), Muttersprache [feminine] (German), szülőnyelv (Hungarian), język nadrzędny [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "kantakieli"
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