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Contact language

A contact language is a language developed spontaneously by two (or more) populations, each initially speaking their own language, as they come into regular contact and find ways to communicate together – whether for trade or other reasons.

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Contact language

Nodes8
Edges7
Triples28
Avg. degree1.75
Density0.25
Components1

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Contact language

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related to Further reading · 24
Contact language → An Introduction, Bakker, Berlin, California Press, Comprehensive Guide, Contact Languages, Creolization, Edinburgh University Press, Genetic Linguistics, Gruyter, Hickey, ISBN, Language Contact, MA, Malden, Mouton, Peter, Raymond, Sarah Thomason, Terrence Kaufman
related to External links · 3
Contact language → The, Wiktionary, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
is a · 1
Contact language → language developed spontaneously by two

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language contact languages trade two known resulting mixed pidgins creoles koiné sarah thomason university press developed spontaneously populations initially speaking

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Contact languageis alanguage developed spontaneously by two0.90text
Contact languagerelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Contact languagerelated to External linksThe0.60section
Contact languagerelated to External linksWiktionary0.60section
Contact languagerelated to Further readingBakker0.60section
Contact languagerelated to Further readingPeter0.60section
Contact languagerelated to Further readingYaron Matras0.60section
Contact languagerelated to Further readingContact Languages0.60section
Contact languagerelated to Further readingComprehensive Guide0.60section
Contact languagerelated to Further readingBerlin0.60section
Contact languagerelated to Further readingMouton0.60section
Contact languagerelated to Further readingGruyter0.60section

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