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Etymology

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Compound of substraat +‎ taal.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sʏpˈstraːˌtaːl/
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  • Hyphenation: sub‧straat‧taal

Noun

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substraattaal f (plural substraattalen)

  1. (linguistics) substrate language (a region's or population's original language that has been replaced by another language but has influenced the replacing language)
    Synonym: substraat
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