language contact

English

Noun

language contact (plural language contacts)

1. (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