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contact language

contact language noun: a language that influences another, especially because it is understood by a relevant portion of the speech community.

Noun

contact language (plural contact languages)

  1. A language that influences another, especially because it is understood by a relevant portion of the speech community.
    • The main contact languages providing Western words in Arabic today are English and French.
  2. A pidgin language.

Forms of contact language

pluralcontact languages

Questions about contact language

What does contact language mean?
Contact language means a language that influences another, especially because it is understood by a relevant portion of the speech community.
What part of speech is contact language?
Contact language is a noun.
What is the plural of contact language?
The plural of contact language is contact languages.

Words near contact language in the dictionary

  1. contact highs
  2. contact hitter
  3. contact hitters
  4. contact inhibition
  5. contact juggling
  6. contact language
  7. contact languages
  8. contact lens
  9. contact lenses
  10. contact level
  11. contact levels

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