linguistic stock

noun

1. a parent language and all its derived dialects and languages.
2. the people speaking any of these dialects or languages.

Word History and Origins

Origin of linguistic stock¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Now it should be remembered that the concept of a “linguistic stock” is never definitive in an exclusive sense.

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Hano was peopled by a different linguistic stock from that of the other villages—a stock which belongs to the Rio Grande group.

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In number about 1200, and settled in Oklahoma, they are the sole representatives of the Kiowan linguistic stock.

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No name shall be accepted for a linguistic family unless used to designate a tribe or group of tribes as a linguistic stock.

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The Mayoyaos belong, without doubt, to the Ifugao linguistic stock.

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