"sister language" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sister languages [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps a calque of German Schwestersprache. Etymology templates: {{clq|en|de|Schwestersprache|nocap=1}} calque of German Schwestersprache Head templates: {{en-noun}} sister language (plural sister languages)
  1. (linguistics) A cognate language; a language that is related to another by virtue of descending from a common ancestral language. Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (Translations): zustertaal [feminine] (Dutch), sisarkieli (Finnish), langue sœur [feminine] (French), მონათესავე ენა (monatesave ena) (Georgian), Schwestersprache [feminine] (German), testvérnyelv (Hungarian), lingua sorella [feminine] (Italian), pokrewny język [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-sister_language-en-noun-F~78fs0n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sister language meaning in English (2.2kB)

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      "sense": "Translations",
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