linguistic area

American  

noun

Linguistics.

1. a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.

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Example Sentences

It must, of course, always be remembered that, outside this common nucleus, each country or linguistic area has its own story-store, which is equally deserving of special investigation by the serious student of the folk-tale.

From Europa's Fairy Book by Batten, John Dickson

The society lady, the business man, the musician, the professor of literature, the mechanic, have specializations of vocabulary and construction, but there is, for each of them, a great common linguistic area.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin