Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of isolate
comparative more isolating · superlative most isolating
- human sciencesHaving low morpheme per word ratio and no inflectional morphemes.
As an isolating language Belter Creole is rich in particles. Particles are used to indicate both negation and interrogation: na is the negative particle and it is placed before the verb
2021 October 5, Gessica Puccini, “Lang Belta: the Belter language from SYFY/Amazon’s The Expanse”, in Lingoblog
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles
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Cite this entry
isolating. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isolating
“isolating.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isolating. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “isolating,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/isolating.
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