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language change

language change noun: the process of alteration in the features of a single language, or of languages in general, across a period of time.

Noun

language change (uncountable)

  1. The process of alteration in the features of a single language, or of languages in general, across a period of time.

Questions about language change

What does language change mean?
Language change means the process of alteration in the features of a single language, or of languages in general, across a period of time.
What part of speech is language change?
Language change is a noun.

Words near language change in the dictionary

  1. language barriers
  2. language border
  3. language borders
  4. language branch
  5. language branches
  6. language change
  7. language code
  8. language codes
  9. language contact
  10. language contacts
  11. language continua

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