NOUN | communication | indigenous language | a language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere |
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Meaning | A language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere. | |
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Narrower | substrate, substratum | An indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population |
Broader | language, linguistic communication | A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols |
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