Superstratum

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A stratum that is on top of another
  2. 2
    the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language wordnet
  3. 3
    A language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language
  4. 4
    any stratum or layer superimposed on another wordnet

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"There are now sophisticated AI art generators, AI architectural concept generators, and even AI script and dialogue generators. Conceivable, there will be sophisticated AI language generators! There could be parameters like the superstratum language and the substratum language, then out goes a resulting desired artificial creole!"

Etymology

From super- + stratum.

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