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ur-language

ur-language is the alternative form of urlanguage.

Meaning of urlanguage

Noun

urlanguage (countable and uncountable, plural urlanguages)

  1. A basic or original language; proto-language.
    • It is the urlanguage that sets up the rules of syntax that determine the formal constructions every language must incorporate if it […] The urlanguage is also the ultimate authority that governs the inclusion of designator expressions in any context.1982, Jack Kaminsky, Essays in linguistic ontology

Forms of ur-language

pluralur-languages

Questions about ur-language

What is ur-language the alternative form of?
Ur-language is the alternative form of urlanguage.

Words near ur-language in the dictionary

  1. Ur-Germanic
  2. ur-hero
  3. ur-heroes
  4. ur-homeland
  5. ur-homelands
  6. ur-language
  7. ur-languages
  8. ur-mind
  9. ur-minds
  10. ur-myth
  11. ur-myths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ur-language (page history and authors); urlanguage (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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