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field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Definition: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">An agglutinative language is a language in which words are made up of a linear sequence of distinct聽</span>morphemes<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">聽and each component of meaning is represented by its own morpheme.</span></p> </div></div></div><div class="group-examples field-group-div"><div class="field field-name-field-glossary-examples field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Examples: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>(Chuckchi, Northeastern Siberia)</p> <table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="1" valign="top" width="93%"> <table align="left" border=""> <tbody> <tr halign="left" valign="top"> <td width="251"> <p>t*E -meyN*E -levt*E -p*E*ft -*Erk*En</p> <p>1 Sg -great -head -ache -Imperfective</p> <p><i>I have a fierce headache.</i></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="7%">This example consists of one word made up of five morphemes.</td> <td colspan="1" valign="top" width="93%"> <p>聽</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-glossary-comparison field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Comparison: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The opposite of a highly agglutinative language is a highly聽</span>fusional<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">聽language.</span></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-glossary-see-also field-type-entityreference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">See Also: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/term/morpheme">Morpheme</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/term/fusional-language">Fusional Language</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-glossary-source-collection field-type-field-collection field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Source: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="ds-1col entity entity-field-collection-item field-collection-item-field-glossary-source-collection view-mode-full clearfix"> <div class="field field-name-field-collection-source"><a href="/bibliography/bickford-and-daly-1996">Bickford and Daly 1996</a></div><div class="field field-name-field-collection-page-number">6</div></div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-glossary-lingualinks-info field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This page is an extract from the <a href="http://software.sil.org/products/">LinguaLinks Library</a>. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003. </p></div></div></div><div class="text-center field field-name-glossary-ordering-information field-type-ds field-label-hidden" ><a href="https://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/67412" class="btn btn-primary">LinguaLinks Ordering Information</a></div> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 "> <div class="field field-name-glossary-entity-reference-table field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h3>Glossary Hierarchy</h3><div class="list-group glossary-list"><li><a href="/term/polysynthetic-language" class="list-group-item parent parent-0">Polysynthetic Language</a></li> <li><a href="/term/agglutinative-language" class="list-group-item active">Agglutinative Language</a></li> </div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div>  </section> </div> </section> </div> </div> <footer class="footer"> <div class="footer-top"> <div class="container"> <div class="region region-footer"> <section id="block-panels-mini-footer-menu" class="block block-panels-mini clearfix"> <div class="panel-flexible panels-flexible-1 clearfix" id="mini-panel-footer_menu"> <div class="panel-flexible-inside panels-flexible-1-inside"> <div class="panels-flexible-region panels-flexible-region-1-center panels-flexible-region-first"> <div class="inside panels-flexible-region-inside panels-flexible-region-1-center-inside panels-flexible-region-inside-first"> <div class="panel-pane pane-block pane-menu-block-13 pane-menu-block" > <h2 class="pane-title"> <a href="https://www.sil.org/about" target="_blank">ABOUT SIL</a> </h2> <div class="pane-content"> <div class="menu-block-wrapper menu-block-13 menu-name-menu-footer-menu parent-mlid-12836 menu-level-1"> <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first leaf menu-mlid-805"><a href="https://www.sil.org/about/" title="Who We Are" target="_blank">Who We Are</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-998"><a href="https://www.sil.org/about/history" title="History" target="_blank">History</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-999"><a href="https://www.sil.org/about/faq" title="Frequently Asked Questions" target="_blank">FAQ</a></li> <li class="leaf menu-mlid-12746"><a href="https://www.givedirect.org/donate/?cid=13536" target="_blank">Donate</a></li> <li class="last leaf menu-mlid-485"><a href="https://www.sil.org/contact" title="Contact Us" target="_blank">Contact Us</a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="panels-flexible-region panels-flexible-region-1-column_2 "> <div class="inside panels-flexible-region-inside panels-flexible-region-1-column_2-inside"> </div> </div> <div class="panels-flexible-region panels-flexible-region-1-column_3 "> <div class="inside panels-flexible-region-inside panels-flexible-region-1-column_3-inside"> </div> </div> <div class="panels-flexible-region panels-flexible-region-1-column_4 panels-flexible-region-last "> <div class="inside panels-flexible-region-inside panels-flexible-region-1-column_4-inside panels-flexible-region-inside-last"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="footer-bottom"> <div class="container"> <div class="region region-footer-bottom"> <section id="block-block-926" class="block block-block col-md-6 pull-left col-md-6 pull-left clearfix"> <p>Copyright 漏 2024聽<a href="http://www.sil.org" target="_blank">SIL Global</a></p> </section> <div class="block-row-wrapper row1"> <section id="block-menu-menu-footer-legal" class="block block-menu col-md-6 pull-right style-menu-horizontal menu-align-right col-md-6 pull-right style-menu-horizontal menu-align-right clearfix"> <ul class="menu nav"><li class="first last leaf"><a href="http://www.sil.org/terms-use">Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | External Links Disclaimer</a></li> </ul> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> <script src="https://glossary.sil.org/sites/glossary/files/js/js_7-q4xx5FaXgFWWma9tMCS9Q__822jcg6rhczPisS8LQ.js"></script> <script src="https://glossary.sil.org/sites/glossary/files/js/js_MRdvkC2u4oGsp5wVxBG1pGV5NrCPW3mssHxIn6G9tGE.js"></script> </body> </html>