parentlanguage (pluralparent languages)

1. (linguistics) Alanguage from which a laterlanguage isderived.

   Coordinate terms:daughter language,sister language

   Old English is theparent language of English and Scots.

• Not to be confused withmother tongue.

• proto-language

• parent language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• English lemmas
• English nouns
• English countable nouns
• English multiword terms
• en:Linguistics
• English terms with usage examples

• Pages with entries
• Pages with 1 entry
• Translation table header lacks gloss
• Entries with translation boxes
• Terms with Finnish translations
• Terms with French translations
• Terms with German translations
• Terms with Hungarian translations
• Terms with Polish translations