contact language

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contact language

noun contact languages

A language that influences another, especially because it is understood by a relevant portion of the speech community. The main contact languages providing Western words in Arabic today are English and French.
A pidgin language.

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@misc{contact_language_2026,
  title = {contact language},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/contact%20language},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}