indigenous language

Noun

Meaning

a language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere

Source: WordNet

Hypernyms

language linguistic communication

Hyponyms

substrate substratum

Examples

Another recommendation made by the report was the continuation of planning for an Indigenous language course. Source: Internet

Two months ago, trustees gave unanimous support to the idea of naming a school Shas Ti, which means "Grizzly Trail" in Dakelh, the local Indigenous language. Source: Internet

“Indigenous language extinction,” says one website on indigenous language preservation, “has accelerated rapidly in the modern period. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

indigenous dialect indigenous inhabitant indigenous inhabitants indigenous linguistic indigenous medicine indigenous modification