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Isolate
Isolate may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Isolate (film), ''Isolate'' (film), a 2013 Australian film * Isolate (Circus Maximus album), ''Isolate'' (Circus Maximus album), 2007 * Isolate (Gary Numan album), ''Isolate'' (Gary Numan album), 1992 Language * Isolating language, with near-unity morpheme/word ratio * Language isolate, unrelated to any other Science and technology * The product of isolation (microbiology), may be called: ** an isolate; *** specifically a fungal isolate; ** a variant (biology); ** or a strain (biology). * Chemical isolate, from chemical purification ** Protein isolate * Genetic isolate, a population that does not mix with organisms of the same species * Isolate (computation), in the Java Application Isolation API * Primary isolate, a microbial sample from an infected individual See also * * * Isolation (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Language Isolate
A language isolate is a language that has no demonstrable genetic relationship with any other languages. Basque in Europe, Ainu and Burushaski in Asia, Sandawe in Africa, Haida and Zuni in North America, Kanoê in South America, and Tiwi in Oceania are all examples of such languages. The exact number of language isolates is yet unknown due to insufficient data on several languages. One explanation for the existence of language isolates is that they might be the last remaining member of a larger language family. Such languages might have had relatives in the past that have since disappeared without being documented, leaving them an orphaned language. One example is the Ket language spoken in central Siberia, which belongs to the wider Yeniseian language family; had it been discovered in recent times independently from its now extinct relatives, such as Yugh and Kott, it would have been classified as an isolate. Another explanation for language isolates is that they aro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |