Ethnolinguistic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to ethnolinguistics. not-comparable

    "The principle of ethnolinguistic democracy does not require that all languages be declared equally important and equally privileged in all functions..."

  2. 2
    Associated with a particular ethnicity and a particular variety of language. not-comparable

    "Baker (1972) identified four varieties of Mauritian creole associated with different ethnolinguistic groups."

Example

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"Berber isn't an Indo-European language and it belongs to a completely different ethnolinguistic bloc."

Etymology

From ethno- + linguistic.

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