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

There is nothing final about a linguistic stock.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

Maku, linguistic stock, 415 Malagasy, the, 239 sqq.; language, 241; mental qualities, 244 Mala-Vadan, the, 423 Malayalim, the, 549 Malayans, the, 221 sqq.,

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

Satanow pleaded for the language of the Mishnah as forming part of the Hebrew linguistic stock, but the moment was not propitious to the reform of the prevailing literary style suggested by him.

From The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) by Slouschz, Nahum

Finally, No. X. aims to define for the first time the linguistic stock to which belong the dialects of the Betoyas, Tucanos, Zeonas and other tribes on the rivers Napo, Meta, Apure and their confluents.

From A Record of Study in Aboriginal American Languages by Brinton, Daniel Garrison