Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

substratal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-stratal
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to a substratum.

adj

Specifically, pertaining to a substrate language.

Example Sentences

"The West African languages that were substratal to most of the Atlantic creoles have regularly overt copulas […]."

Etymology

From substrate + -al, substratum + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: substrate, substratum

Questions

What does substratal mean?: Of or pertaining to a substratum.
Where does substratal come from?: From substrate + -al, substratum + -al.

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