Re: Dictionary Programs?

Quoting John Cowan <jcowan@...>:

> Andreas Johansson scripsit:
>
> > >3) sub- or ad- or super-strate language;
> >
> > What's a superstrate?
>
> French, Latin, and Greek are superstrate languages for English, IIRC.
I suppose you could say these are superstrates, although
they are not the paradigmatic example.  A more classical
example is the Proto-Romance in Italy, before it became
implanted in Gaul, Spain, etc.

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