Thesaurus:isolating language

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isolating language

English

Noun

Sense: language with the number of morphemes per word close to one

Synonyms

• isolating language

Hypernyms

• language    [⇒ thesaurus]

Instances

• Classical Chinese
• Vietnamese

Various

• analytic language    [⇒ thesaurus] (near hypernym)

Notes

• Wikidata ranks isolating language as a subclass of analytic language, unsourced. By contrast, Britannica says an isolating language tends to be analytic, not a strict hyponymy. The hyponymy hypothesis seems plausible given the definitions, and English would be analytic but not isolating language, upon narrow reading of the terms.

Further reading

• Wikipedia:Isolating language
• Wikipedia:Category:Isolating languages
• isolating language, britannica.com
• language - Language typology, britannica.com
• LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY, Encyclopedia.com
• Isolating Language, glossary.sil.org
• Isolating Language, encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com
• Basic Language Structures by Dr. C. George Boeree, webspace.ship.edu