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A language isolate is a language that has no demonstrable genetic relationship with another language. Basque in Europe, Ainu [1] in Asia, Sandawe in Africa, Haida and Zuni in North America, Kanoê in South America , and Tiwi in Australia are all examples of language isolates.
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Major language isolates around the world. A language isolate is a language that is not known to be related to any other language. Many languages are related to other languages by coming from an older language, and both are still similar. Languages that are related are language families.
Apr 14, 2021 · The geography and development of language isolates. Matthias Urban. Published: 14 April 2021 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202232. Review history. Abstract. This contribution theorizes the historical dynamics of so-called language isolates, languages which cannot be demonstrated to belong to any known language family.
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- 2021
Jan 12, 2023 · Language isolates, or alternatively isolated languages, are languages for which it has not, or not yet, been possible to establish genealogical connections. A language isolate therefore forms a self-contained language family (in the sense of a phylum or a lineage) of which it is the only known member.
language isolate. Sumerian literature. Sumerian language, language isolate and the oldest written language in existence. First attested about 3100 bce in southern Mesopotamia, it flourished during the 3rd millennium bce.
If a language's genetic relationship has not been established after significant documentation of the language and comparison with other languages and families, as in the case of Basque in Europe, it is considered a language isolate – that is, it is classified as a language family of its own.
