sister language

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Etymology[edit]

Perhaps a calque of German Schwestersprache.

Noun[edit]

sister language (plural sister languages)

  1. (linguistics) A cognate language; a language that is related to another by virtue of descending from a common ancestral language.
    Coordinate terms: daughter language, parent language

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