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<p>A <b>language border</b> or <b>language boundary</b> is the line separating two language areas. The term is generally meant to imply a lack of <a href="page.php?w=mutual_intelligibility">mutual intelligibility</a> between the two languages. If two adjacent languages or dialects are mutually intelligible, no firm border will develop, because the two languages can continually exchange linguistic inventions; this is known as a <a href="page.php?w=dialect_continuum">dialect continuum</a>.  A "language island" is a language area that is completely</p><p>
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