linguistic stock

American  

noun

1. a parent language and all its derived dialects and languages.

2. the people speaking any of these dialects or languages.

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Etymology

Origin of linguistic stock

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Although the latter are included in the same linguistic group with the Arikara, Pawnee, and others as mentioned above, they are regarded by some as constituting a distinct linguistic stock.

From Villages of the Algonquian, Siouan, and Caddoan Tribes West of the Mississippi by Bushnell, David Ives

Aramka, the, 73 Arapaho, the, 354, 370, 372, 374, and map, pp. 334-5 Araucanians, the, 409 sqq.; language, 412 Arawakan linguistic stock, 415 sq.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

It becomes, therefore, of importance to discover from what linguistic stock this term and its associated words are derived.

From Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

Carabuyanas, the, 348 Carapaches, the, 414 Carey, S., 183 Cariban linguistic stock, 415 Caribs, the, 399, 415 sq., and Pl.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

The name is now applied to what is probably the most widely-distributed linguistic stock of North America.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various