屈くっ折せつ語ご

noun

inflected language; fusional language

Linguistics term for a language where words change form to express grammatical relationships, such as Latin or Russian. Contrasts with agglutinative and isolating languages.

• ラテン語ごは屈くっ折せつ語ごの代だい表ひょう例れいです。

  Latin is a typical example of an inflected language.

• 屈くっ折せつ語ごでは、語ご尾びの変へん化かが文ぶん法ぽう機き能のうを示しめす。

  In inflected languages, changes in word endings indicate grammatical functions.