ludling en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of Latin ludus (“play; game”) + a clipping of Latin lingua (“language”). The term was first introduced by Donald Laycock (1972).
Meanings
- A linguistic system that alters the forms (but not their meanings) of a source language via simple phonological and/or morphological transformations, such as affixation, reduplication, truncation, phoneme substitution, syllable transposition, etc.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ludlings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |