Meanings
nounlanguage contact (plural language contacts)
plural language contacts
- human sciencesThe phenomenon in which speakers of two or more languages or varieties interact and influence each other.
Translations
Arabic اِتِّصَال لُغَوِيّ
- اِتِّصَال لُغَوِيّ (ittiṣāl luḡawiyy)phenomenon
Chinese Mandarin 語言接觸 /语言接触
- 語言接觸 /语言接触 (yǔyán jiēchù)phenomenon
Dutch taalcontact
- taalcontactphenomenon
Finnish kielikontakti
- kielikontaktiphenomenon
German Sprachkontakt, Sprachenkontakt
- Sprachkontaktphenomenon
- Sprachenkontaktphenomenon
Hungarian nyelvérintkezés
- nyelvérintkezésphenomenon
Polish kontakt językowy
- kontakt językowyphenomenon
Russian контактный язык
- контактный язык (kontaktnyj jazyk)phenomenon
Cite this entry
APA
language contact. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/language%20contact
MLA
“language contact.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/language%20contact. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “language contact,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/language%20contact.
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