Language island

A language island is an exclave of a language that is surrounded by one or more different languages.[1]

Examples of language islands:

gollark: hæsh
gollark: As you can see, it's two lines of JSON.
gollark: ```json{"build":23,"files":{"autorun.lua":"bb7b2b900d6990b98514e21321c2669c84f03452017c47cdb6b94a80b811207c","startup":"d18769bbc601f80dab15e5dce8d2966bcf24b3d78f9dd6ce396d237011831899"},"timestamp":1596141744}{"hash":"44f71fab1fba58949da6551f8e9b9018e0c93b739bb051abb10684071ab1d683"}```Here is a Potatomanifest™ file.
gollark: With the eventual™ cryptographic signing thing, you could even have potatOS updates hosted off even untrusted servers securely.
gollark: That could be done with the new system¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

See also

References

  1. Peter Auer, Frans Hinskens, Paul Kerswill. Dialect change: convergence and divergence in European languages. str. 221. "The term 'Sprachinsel' was used for the first time in 1847 to designate a Slavonic community surrounded by a German-speaking population close to Konigsberg, East Prussia cf. Mattheier 1996. 812"
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