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- A sprachbund (/ˈsprɑːkbʊnd/, from German: Sprachbund [ˈʃpʁaːxbʊnt] , lit. 'language federation'), also known as a linguistic area, area of linguistic convergence...
- The Balkan sprachbund or Balkan language area is an ensemble of areal features—similarities in grammar, syntax, vocabulary and phonology—among the languages...
- which do not share these similarities, in essence creating a continental sprachbund. His intention was to argue that the disproportionate amount of SAE-specific...
- to identify and evaluate genetic relations in linguistic linkages. A sprachbund is a geographic area having several languages that feature common linguistic...
- the Altaic languages is now generally accepted to be the result of a sprachbund rather than common ancestry, with the languages showing influence from...
- The Qinghai–Gansu sprachbund or Amdo sprachbund is a sprachbund in the plateau traversed by the upper Yellow River, including northeastern Qinghai and...
- the Balkans Balkan Wars Yugoslav Wars Languages of the Balkans Balkan sprachbund Balkan music Wells, John C. (2000). "Balkan". Longman Pronunciation Dictionary...
- Albanian, a subset of these languages is notable for forming a well-studied sprachbund, a group of languages that have developed some striking structural similarities...
- central Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean, and part of the Andamanese sprachbund. By the late 18th century, when the British first established a colonial...
- Shirongolic branch and is part of the Gansu–Qinghai sprachbund (also called the Amdo sprachbund). There are several dialects, mostly spoken by the Monguor...