(linguistics) Any language descended from Proto-Iranian.

plural of Iranian language

(linguistics) A language that has no living speakers, though a number of productions of its native speakers have been preserved in some way, usually in written records.

plural of corpus language

the main language spoken in a family home

A language from which a later language is derived.

(translation studies) A translator's or interpreter's active language, i.e. in which they are fluent and into which they are able to translate or interpret from their other working languages, but which is not their mother tongue.

(translation studies) A language that a translator or interpreter knows passively only, i.e. from which they are able to translate or interpret into their active languages, but not the reverse.

Language that is given a unique legal status in an international organisation or other supranational body as its primary means of communication.

plural of love language