language island

English

Etymology

Calque of German Sprachinsel.

Noun

language island (plural language islands)

1. (linguistics) An enclave where a language is physically isolated from similar languages.

Related terms

• dialect island

Translations

Translations

• Chinese: 語言島／语言岛 (yǔyándǎo)
• Estonian: keelesaar
• Finnish: kielisaari
• French: enclave linguistique f, îlot linguistique m, glossonèse m
• German: Sprachinsel f
• Portuguese: enclave linguístico m, ilha linguística f
• Russian: языковой остров m (jazykovoj ostrov)
• Spanish: enclave lingüístico m, isla lingüística f
• Swedish: språkö c, språklig enklav c