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1. Substratum Language

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   A substratum language refers to a language spoken by the original inhabitants of a geographical area that is subsequently conquered or settled by speakers of a different, dominant language (the superstratum). The linguistic influence exerted by this earlier, non-dominant language on the succeeding language is termed substratum effect. This concept is central to historical linguistics and dialectology, particularly in modeling language replacement scenarios and the fo…