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Palaic language

Palaic language

9.9
An extinct language once spoken in northwest Turkey
  • noun
  • Specialized
: idioma palaico
  • Many texts in the Palaic language have been found on clay tablets in Turkey.

Examples

  • Scholars study the Palaic language to learn more about the early Indo-European languages.

  • Few texts in the Palaic language have survived to this day.

  • The Palaic language was spoken by a small community in ancient Anatolia.

  • The Palaic language was spoken by ancient peoples in Anatolia.

  • Many texts in the Palaic language have been found on clay tablets in Turkey.

  • Scholars study the Palaic language to learn more about the early Indo-European languages.

  • The Palaic language was spoken by a small community in ancient Anatolia.

Synonyms

Palaic
vsPalaic language
  • Specialized
9.9

An old language that people in northwest Turkey spoke long ago

has identical meaning but uses the fuller phrase rather than the short form

Surface Forms

Palaic language singular
Palaic languages plural

Morphology

Palaic + language

The phrase is fully compositional: 'Palaic' names the people/thing and 'language' denotes a linguistic system, so 'Palaic language' transparently means the language associated with Palaic. This NAME + language pattern is common and predictable across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would be able to infer the meaning.

Etymology

Palaic language comes from the name Pala, an ancient place or people in the area of modern Turkey. So Palaic language means the old language those people used, which is now called 'extinct'.