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A natural language with no proven relationship with another living language.
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Language isolate — A language isolate, in the absolute sense, is a natural language with no demonstrable genealogical (or genetic ) relationship with other living languages; that is, one that has not been demonstrated to descend from an ancestor common to any other … Wikipedia
Isolate — may refer to:* Isolate (album), the second full length studio album by Circus Maximus * Isolate (computation), an isolated computation in the Java Application Isolation API * Isolate (monkey), an isolated monkey in the pit of despair * Isolate… … Wikipedia
Language family — See also: List of language families A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto language of that family. The term family comes from the tree model of language origination in… … Wikipedia
isolate — (v.) by 1786, a new formation from ISOLATED (Cf. isolated) (q.v.). The translation of this work is well performed, excepting that fault from which few translations are wholly exempt, and which is daily tending to corrupt our language, the… … Etymology dictionary
Kusunda language — language familycolor=Isolate name=Kusunda states=Nepal region=Gandaki Zone speakers=perhaps 8 iso3=kggKusunda is a language isolate spoken by a handful of people in western Nepal. It has only recently been described in any detail. For decades the … Wikipedia
Ainu language — language familycolor=Isolate name=Ainu nativename= ai. アイヌ イタク Aynu itak pronunciation=/ainu itak/ states=Japan, Russia region=Hokkaidō; formerly also southern Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, the tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula (disputed), and… … Wikipedia
Iberian language — language familycolor=Isolate name=Iberian states=Modern Spain and France region=Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula extinct=1st 2nd century AD family=Language isolate iso3=xibThe Iberian language was the language of a people identified… … Wikipedia
Zuni language — language name=Zuni nativename=Shiwi ma familycolor=Isolate states=U.S. region=Western New Mexico speakers=9,651 iso2=zun|iso3=zun Pre European contact distribution of Zuni Zuni (also Zuñi) is a language of the Zuni people, indigenous to western… … Wikipedia
Esselen language — language name=Esselen nativename=Huelel |familycolor=Isolate states=USA region=Big Sur (California) speakers=Extinct fam1=Language isolate iso1=|iso2=nai|iso3=esqEsselen (Esselen: Huelel) is a language isolate that was spoken by the Esselen… … Wikipedia
Taiap language — language name=Taiap states=Papua New Guinea region=Gapun village (East Sepik Province) speakers=80 (2000) familycolor=Isolate iso2=paa|iso3=gpnTaiap (also called Gapun , after the name of the village where it is spoken) is an endangered language… … Wikipedia
