Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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substratum | Yes | No | No | No |
indigenous language | Yes | No | No | No |
substratum (noun) | indigenous language (noun) |
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an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population | a language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere |
any stratum or layer lying underneath another | |
a surface on which an organism grows or is attached |