contact language
English
Noun
contact language (plural contact languages)
- (linguistics) A language that influences another, especially because it is understood by a relevant portion of the speech community.
- The main contact languages providing Western words in Arabic today are English and French.
- (linguistics) A pidgin language.
See also
References
- “contact language”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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