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linguistic distance

linguistic distance noun: the measurement of dissimilarity between two languages or dialects.

Noun

linguistic distance (uncountable)

  1. The measurement of dissimilarity between two languages or dialects.

linguistic distance meaning in Tamil

linguistic distance in Tamil

மொழியிடைத்தூர

Questions about linguistic distance

What does linguistic distance mean?
Linguistic distance means the measurement of dissimilarity between two languages or dialects.
What is linguistic distance in Tamil?
Linguistic distance in Tamil is மொழியிடைத்தூர. See Linguistic distance meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is linguistic distance?
Linguistic distance is a noun.

Words near linguistic distance in the dictionary

  1. linguist
  2. linguister
  3. linguisters
  4. linguistic
  5. linguistic anthropology
  6. linguistic distance
  7. linguistic diversity index
  8. linguistic ecology
  9. linguistic imbalance
  10. linguistic imbalances
  11. linguistic landscape

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Adapted from Wiktionary: linguistic distance (page history and authors); linguistic distance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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