Usually means: Origin from which languages evolve.
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  1. parent language: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. parent language: Dictionary.com
  3. Parent language: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. parent language: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. parent language: Wiktionary

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noun:  (linguistics) A language from which a later language is derived.

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