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Language isolate

A language isolate, sometimes called an isolated language, is a language that has no demonstrable genealogical relationship with any other language. That is, an isolate is a language family that only contains one member. Basque in Europe, Ainu (if counted as a single language) and Burushaski in Asia, Sandawe and Hadza in Africa, Haida and Zuni in North…

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Genetic relationships

Extinct isolates

Isolates v. unclassified languages

Oral language isolates

Sign language isolates

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Language isolate

Nodes85
Edges84
Triples131
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.023529
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Language isolate

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related to Bibliography · 60
Language isolate → American Indian, Amsterdam, Barbara, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Campbell, Dallas, Diachronic Perspectives, Dorota, Ed, Ekaitz, Eneko, Ethnologue, General Ed, Goddard, Grimes, Handbook, Iker, Investigating Language Isolates, ISBN
related to Africa · 20
Language isolate → Africa's, African, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic-speaking, All, Congo, Congo-speaking, Data, Defaka, Ega, In, Jalaa, Khoisan, Kujargé, Kwisi, Laal, Niger, Nilo-Saharan, Of, Shabo
related to Genetic relationships · 12
Language isolate → Armenian, Austronesian, By, English, Examples, For, Indo-European, Isolates, Mandarin Chinese, Paiwan, Sino-Tibetan, This
related to Oral language isolates · 10
Language isolate → Below, Danger, Endangered, Extinct, Moribund, The, UNESCO Atlas, Vibrant, Vulnerable, World's Languages
related to Isolates v. unclassified languages · 9
Language isolate → Americas, Cayuse, Gutian, Hattic, In, Kassite, Majena, Many, Unclassified
related to Sign language isolates · 9
Language isolate → Bali, Ban Khor Sign Language, In Tanzania, Kata Kolok, Nicaraguan Sign Language, See, Sign, Thailand, These
related to Extinct isolates · 6
Language isolate → Caution, Despite, Elamite, Many, Sumerian, This
related to External links · 1
Language isolate → Ethnologue's

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Sumerianinstance ofas too are well attested extinct languages0.80text
Elamiteinstance ofas too are well attested extinct languages0.80text
Cayuseinstance ofMany extinct languages of the Americas0.80text
Majena may likewise have been isolatesinstance ofMany extinct languages of the Americas0.80text
Language isolaterelated to AfricaAll0.60section
Language isolaterelated to AfricaAfrica's0.60section
Language isolaterelated to AfricaAfroasiatic0.60section
Language isolaterelated to AfricaNiger0.60section
Language isolaterelated to AfricaCongo0.60section
Language isolaterelated to AfricaNilo-Saharan0.60section
Language isolaterelated to AfricaKhoisan0.60section
Language isolaterelated to AfricaOf0.60section

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