Agglutinative language

An agglutinative language is a type of language where words are made up of different types of morphemes to determine their meaning. What makes these languages different from others, is that if one removes the morphemes from the word, they will be able to stand on their own.

Examples

Chinook

  • a–č–i–m–l–ud–a: (future–he–him–thee–to–give–future): "He will give it to you"[1]

Hungarian

  • szent: holy
  • szentség: holiness
  • szentségtelen: holinessless

Turkish

  • ev–ler–den: (home–plural–from): "from the houses"[1]

Kazakh

  • бару: (baru) — to go
  • бара алмау: (bara almau) — not being able to go
  • бара алмаған: (bara almağan) — the one that couldn't go
  • бара алмағандар: (bara almağamdar) — the ones that couldn't go

List

Below is a list of modern agglutinative languages:

Somali language

References

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