language contact

English

Noun

language contact (plural language contacts)

(linguistics) The phenomenon in which speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact and influence each other.

Translations

phenomenon

Chinese:
Mandarin: 語言接觸／语言接触 (yǔyán jiēchù)
Dutch: taalcontact n
Finnish: kielikontakti
German: Sprachkontakt (de) m
Polish: kontakt językowy m

Anagrams

contact language

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