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lan·guage area
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language area, language zonenoun
a large cortical area (in the left hemisphere in most people) containing all the centers associated with language
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language area
‹See Tfd› A sprachbund (German: [ˈʃpʁaːxbʊnt], lit. "language federation"), also known as a linguistic area, area of linguistic convergence, or diffusion area, is a group of languages that share areal features resulting from geographical proximity and language contact. The languages may be genetically unrelated, or only distantly related, but the sprachbund characteristics might give a false appearance of relatedness. A grouping of languages that share features can only be defined as a sprachbund if the features are shared for some reason other than the genetic history of the languages. Because of this, attempts to classify some language families without knowledge about the history of the languages can lead to misclassification as sprachbunds and similarly some sprachbunds are incorrectly classified as language families.
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language area
A language area is a geographic region where a group of languages that have common features are spoken. These features may have arisen due to language contact and subsequent influence of the languages on each other, leading to the sharing of grammatical structures, vocabulary, phonetics, and other linguistic aspects. These areas can be found all over the world and vary greatly in size and complexity.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of language area in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of language area in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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