macrophylum
macrophylum noun: a group of two or more related language phylums.
Noun
macrophylum (plural macrophyla)
- A group of two or more related language phylums
- In Table 3, this is executed synchronically for languages from all parts of the world with the exception of the Indo-European macrophylum, the Uralic macrophylum, and Creole languages, which are considered separately, below.2007, Word, volume 58, page 80
- Bellwood (2005) has examined the question from an archaeologist's point of View, noting that the Austroasiatic and Miao-Yao families, either singly or together as a macrophylum, may have developed out of the first rice-farming societies of the mid=Yángzi valley.2008, Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, Roger Blench, Malcolm D. Ross ·, Past Human Migrations in East Asia
Forms of macrophylum
| plural | macrophyla |
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Origin of macrophylum
From macro- + phylum.
Questions about macrophylum
- What does macrophylum mean?
- Macrophylum means a group of two or more related language phylums.
- What part of speech is macrophylum?
- Macrophylum is a noun.
- What is the plural of macrophylum?
- The plural of macrophylum is macrophyla.
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