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languoid

noun
/ˈlæŋɡwɔɪd/

Etymology

Blend of language + -oid, coined by linguist Jeff Good and Calvin Hendryx-Parker in 2006.

  1. derived from -ο-ειδής
  2. learned borrowing from -oīdēs
  3. compounded as languoid — “language + -oid”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of lect

    Synonym of lect: a language, variety of a language, or group of languages.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for languoid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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