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Calque of German Sprachinsel.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An enclave where a language is physically isolated from similar languages. Full definition →
Calque of German Sprachinsel.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.