# einzelsprachlich

einzelsprachlich is a German adjective meaning “pertaining to one or more individual languages”.

## Meanings

1. pertaining to one or more individual languages
2. _historical_ referring to the period after the break-up of a proto-language
   - Bei Komposita ist grundsprachlicher Ursprung schwer zu beweisen, da diese auch erst einzelsprachlich verbreitet sein können, zumal der Lautstand als Kriterium ausfällt. — With compounds it is difficult to prove their existence in a proto-language, because they can also have spread after the end of linguistic unity, especially as phonetic criteria are not applicable in this case.

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