Natlang

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a natural language, one that arose without intentional design. informal

    "Proto-Indo-European was a natlang that can only be reconstructed with the help of its attested daughter languages."

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"Proto-Indo-European was a natlang that can only be reconstructed with the help of its attested daughter languages."

Etymology

Blend of natural + language, by analogy with conlang. By surface analysis, nat (clipping of natural) + -lang.

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constructed language

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