Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urlanguage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: urlan-guage
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A basic or original language; proto-language.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It is the urlanguage that sets up the rules of syntax that determine the formal constructions every language must incorporate if it […] The urlanguage is also the ultimate authority that governs the inclusion of designator expressions in any context."
"Is there an ur-language? This question has been raised in a notoriously fallacious argument first promulgated by Fodor (1979)."
"Obviously we have here a further reason for exploring our relationship with our animal friends: it is a way of understanding the fundamentals of our own language, of discovering that ur-language we share with other parts of nature than […]"
"What innate ideas did he have? Did he know of God and Creation? What was his language—the urlanguage that gave rise to all the languages of the world, the language all men brought with them […]"

Etymology

From ur- (“original”) + language.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ur

Usage

Inflected Forms

urlanguages (plural) ur-language (alternative)

Questions

What does urlanguage mean?: A basic or original language; proto-language.
Where does urlanguage come from?: From ur- (“original”) + language.

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