S: (n) substrate, substratum (a surface on which an organism grows or is attached) "the gardener talked about the proper substrate for acid-loving plants"
S: (n) substrate, substratum (an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population) "the Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English"
S: (n) substrate, substratum (an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population) "the Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English"
S: (n) language, linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols) "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
S: (n) usage (the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written) "English usage"; "a usage borrowed from French"
S: (n) dead language (a language that is no longer learned as a native language)
S: (n) words (language that is spoken or written) "he has a gift for words"; "she put her thoughts into words"
S: (n) indigenous language (a language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere)
S: (n) superstrate, superstratum (the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language)
S: (n) natural language, tongue (a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language)
S: (n) lingua franca, interlanguage, koine (a common language used by speakers of different languages) "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times"
S: (n) barrage, bombardment, outpouring, onslaught (the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written)) "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment of mail complaining about his mistake"
S: (n) slanguage (language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant)