Macrophylum

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A group of two or more related language phylums

    "In Table 3, this is executed synchronically for languages from all parts of the world with the exception of the Indo-European macrophylum, the Uralic macrophylum, and Creole languages, which are considered separately, below."

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"In Table 3, this is executed synchronically for languages from all parts of the world with the exception of the Indo-European macrophylum, the Uralic macrophylum, and Creole languages, which are considered separately, below."

Etymology

From macro- + phylum.

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