linguistic stock
a parent language and all its derived dialects and languages.
the people speaking any of these dialects or languages.
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How to use linguistic stock in a sentence
Now it should be remembered that the concept of a “linguistic stock” is never definitive in an exclusive sense.
Language | Edward SapirHano was peopled by a different linguistic stock from that of the other villages—a stock which belongs to the Rio Grande group.
A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola | Victor Mindeleff and Cosmos MindeleffIn number about 1200, and settled in Oklahoma, they are the sole representatives of the Kiowan linguistic stock.
No name shall be accepted for a linguistic family unless used to designate a tribe or group of tribes as a linguistic stock.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico | John Wesley PowellThe Mayoyaos belong, without doubt, to the Ifugao linguistic stock.
Philippine Progress Prior to 1898 | Various
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