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substratist

substratist noun: one who believes that creoles take their structure from their substrate languages.

Noun

substratist (plural substratists)

  1. One who believes that creoles take their structure from their substrate languages.

Forms of substratist

pluralsubstratists

Origin of substratist

From substrate + -ist.

Questions about substratist

What does substratist mean?
Substratist means one who believes that creoles take their structure from their substrate languages.
What part of speech is substratist?
Substratist is a noun.
What is the plural of substratist?
The plural of substratist is substratists.

Words near substratist in the dictionary

  1. substratification
  2. substratifications
  3. substratified
  4. substrating
  5. substratism
  6. substratist
  7. substratists
  8. substratomaniac
  9. substratomaniacs
  10. substratophile
  11. substratophiles

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