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isolating en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (of languages) Having low morpheme per word ratio and no inflectional morphemes.
    • As an isolating language Belter Creole is rich in particles. Particles are used to indicate both negation and interrogation: na is the negative particle and it is placed before the verb 2021 October 5, Gessica Puccini, “Lang Belta: the Belter language from SYFY/Amazon’s The Expanse”, in Lingoblog:

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more isolating Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most isolating Degree=Sup lexicographic

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isolating en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of isolate
    form of isolate