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: ^{(please verify)} keelesaar
• Finnish: kielisaari
• French: ^{(please verify)} îlot linguistique m
• German: Sprachinsel (de) f
• Portuguese: ^{(please verify)} enclave linguístico m, ^{(please verify)} ilha linguística f
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} языковой остров m (jazykovoj ostrov)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} enclave lingüístico m, ^{(please verify)} isla lingüística f
• Swedish: språkö (sv) c, språklig enklav c