sprachbund

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|linguistics}} A group of [[language]]s sharing a number of [[areal]] [[feature#Noun|features]] (similar [[grammar]], [[vocabulary]], etc.) which are primarily due to [[language contact]] rather than [[cognation]].

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