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language islands

language islands is the plural of language island.

Meaning of language island

Noun

language island (plural language islands)

  1. An enclave where a language is physically isolated from similar languages.

Questions about language islands

What is language islands the plural of?
Language islands is the plural of language island.

Words near language islands in the dictionary

  1. language families
  2. language family
  3. language game
  4. language games
  5. language island
  6. language islands
  7. language isolate
  8. language isolates
  9. language lab
  10. language laboratories
  11. language laboratory

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