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language isolate

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A natural language with no proven genetic relationship to another language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: llengua aïllada — natural language without relatives
  • Chinese Mandarin: 孤立語言 /孤立语言 (gūlì yǔyán) — natural language without relatives
  • Danish: isolat — natural language without relatives
  • Danish: isoleret sprog — natural language without relatives
  • Dutch: isolaat — natural language without relatives
  • Dutch: geïsoleerde taal — natural language without relatives
  • Finnish: isolaattikieli — natural language without relatives
  • French: isolat — natural language without relatives
  • French: langue isolée — natural language without relatives
  • Galician: lingua illada — natural language without relatives
  • German: isolierte Sprache — natural language without relatives
  • Hindi: भाषा एकल (bhāṣā ekal) — natural language without relatives
  • Hungarian: szigetnyelv — natural language without relatives
  • Icelandic: stakmál — natural language without relatives
  • Icelandic: einangrað — natural language without relatives
  • Icelandic: einangrað tungumál — natural language without relatives
  • Indonesian: bahasa isolat — natural language without relatives
  • Italian: lingua isolata — natural language without relatives
  • Japanese: 孤立した言語 (koritsu shita gengo) — natural language without relatives
  • Kazakh: оқшау тіл (oqşau tıl) — natural language without relatives
  • Korean: 고립어 (goribeo) — natural language without relatives
  • Norwegian Bokmål: isolert språk — natural language without relatives
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: språkisolat — natural language without relatives
  • Polish: język izolowany — natural language without relatives
  • Polish: izolat — natural language without relatives
  • Portuguese: língua isolada — natural language without relatives
  • Romanian: limbă izolată — natural language without relatives
  • Russian: изоли́рованный язы́к (izolírovannyj jazýk) — natural language without relatives
  • Russian: язы́к-изоля́т (jazýk-izolját) — natural language without relatives
  • Spanish: lengua aislada — natural language without relatives
  • Swedish: isolatspråk — natural language without relatives
  • Ukrainian: ізольо́вана мо́ва (izolʹóvana móva) — natural language without relatives
  • Ukrainian: мо́вний ізоля́т (móvnyj izolját) — natural language without relatives