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How to pronounce superstrate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms superstratum
Type of stratum
Type Words
Synonyms superstratum
Type of language, linguistic communication

Examples of superstrate

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The terms substrate and superstrate are often used when two languages interact.
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Forro is a creole language based on Portuguese, the superstrate language.
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In the case of French, for example, Vulgar Latin is the superstrate and Gaulic the substrate.
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Dutch is its superstrate language with Danish, English, French, Spanish, and African elements incorporated.
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Tok Pisin, like many pidgins and creoles, has a far simpler phonology than the superstrate language.
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Many of its words and structures are lexically and phonologically similar to English, its superstrate language.
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The substrate or superstrate is laminated with an encapsulant to a front or back sheet, usually another sheet of glass.
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And in any event, linguists simply don't categorize creole languages as the same language as their superstrate language.
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Also, many of its words and structures are both lexically and phonologically similar to English, its superstrate language.
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More examples
  • Any stratum or layer superimposed on another
  • The language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language
  • A layer or stratum adjacent and parallel to another; The sudden increase in the electrical conductivity of some metals as their temperature falls to near absolute zero; The covering on the sunny side of a photovoltaic (PV) module, providing protection for the PV materials from impact and ...
  • Pertaining to the language of a culture which is superior in status: Germanic is said to have had a superstrate influence on Latin in the Dark Ages.