孤こ立りつ語ご

noun

isolating language

A linguistic term for a language where words generally consist of a single morpheme and grammatical relationships are shown by word order and particles rather than inflection.

• 中ちゅう国ごく語ごは孤こ立りつ語ごの代だい表ひょう例れいとしてよく挙あげられる。

  Chinese is often cited as a typical example of an isolating language.