Meaning of 孤立语
孤立语 means isolating language; root language (linguistics). Pronounced gū lì yǔ.
- isolating language; root language (linguistics)
Definitions & Examples
Hàn汉
yǔ语
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
diǎn典
xíng型
de的
gū孤
lì立
yǔ语
。
Chinese is a typical isolating language.
Gū孤
lì立
yǔ语
de的
zhǔ主
yào要
tè特
diǎn点
shì是
quē缺
fá乏
xíng形
tài态
biàn变
huà化
。
The main characteristic of isolating languages is the lack of inflection.
Yǔ与
qū屈
zhé折
yǔ语
xiāng相
bǐ比
，
gū孤
lì立
yǔ语
de的
yǔ语
fǎ法
guān关
xi系
zhǔ主
yào要
tōng通
guò过
cí词
xù序
lái来
biǎo表
shì示
。
Compared with inflectional languages, isolating languages express grammatical relations mainly through word order.