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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=linguistics">linguistics</a>, a <b>stratum</b> (<a href="page.php?w=Latin">Latin</a> for 'layer') or <b>strate</b> is a historical layer of <a href="page.php?w=language">language</a> that influences or is influenced by another language through <a href="page.php?w=language_contact">contact</a>. The notion of "strata" was first developed by the Italian linguist <a href="page.php?w=Graziadio_Isaia_Ascoli">Graziadio Isaia Ascoli</a>, and became known in the English-speaking world through the work of two different authors in</p><p>
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