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substratum
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Noun
  • an indigenous language that contributes features to the language of an invading people who impose their language on the indigenous population
    • the Celtic languages of Britain are a substrate for English
  • any stratum or layer lying underneath another
  • a surface on which an organism grows or is attached
    • the gardener talked about the proper substrate for acid-loving plants
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