Chinese

Noun

孤立語

1. (linguistics) isolating language

Japanese

Noun

孤立語 ‎(hiragana こりつご, romaji koritsugo)

1. isolating language

Coordinate terms

• 屈折語 (くっせつご) ‎(kussetsugo, “inflectional language”)
• 膠着語 (こうちゃくご) ‎(kōchakugo, “agglutinative language”)

References

• 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112