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ethnolinguist

ethnolinguist noun: a scholar of ethnolinguistics; a linguistic anthropologist who studies the language of a specific ethnic group.

Noun

ethnolinguist (plural ethnolinguists)

  1. A scholar of ethnolinguistics; a linguistic anthropologist who studies the language of a specific ethnic group.

Forms of ethnolinguist

pluralethnolinguists

Origin of ethnolinguist

Back-formation from ethnolinguistics.

Questions about ethnolinguist

What does ethnolinguist mean?
Ethnolinguist means a scholar of ethnolinguistics; a linguistic anthropologist who studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
What part of speech is ethnolinguist?
Ethnolinguist is a noun.
What is the plural of ethnolinguist?
The plural of ethnolinguist is ethnolinguists.

Words near ethnolinguist in the dictionary

  1. ethnoknown
  2. ethnol
  3. ethnolect
  4. ethnolectal
  5. ethnolects
  6. ethnolinguist
  7. ethnolinguistic
  8. ethnolinguistically
  9. ethnolinguistics
  10. ethnolinguists
  11. ethnologer

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