Associations to the word «Superstratum»
Wiktionary
SUPERSTRATUM, noun. (geology) A stratum that is on top of another
SUPERSTRATUM, noun. (linguistics) A language imposed upon a population that previously spoke another language
Dictionary definition
SUPERSTRATUM, noun. Any stratum or layer superimposed on another.
SUPERSTRATUM, noun. The language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.