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Noun: agglutinative language
  1. A language in which words are made up of a linear sequence of distinct morphemes and each component of meaning is represented by its own morpheme.
    "Agglutinative languages tend to have a high rate of affixes/morphemes per word, and to be very regular, in particular with very few irregular verbs."

Derived forms: agglutinative languages

Type of: language, linguistic communication

Encyclopedia: Agglutinative language

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