isogloss
noun/ˈaɪsəɡlɒs/
/ˈaɪsəɡlɑːs/
(linguistics)- a line on a map that separates places where a particular feature of a language is differentWord Originearly 20th cent.: from iso- ‘equal’ + Greek glōssa ‘tongue, word’.
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