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Language isolate

The underlying language may be unrelated to any surviving family — a lost isolate or family.

Research compilation

Research compilation from a published ICIT-style digitization — not a complete or licensed photographic corpus

Fit on current defined metric: under investigation.

A live possibility. Absence of a match is not proof of an isolate.

Assumptions

  • No surviving descendant is required
  • Structural analysis can proceed without a language ID

Strengths

  • Does not force a family identification ahead of the evidence
  • Historically common for extinct urban languages

Limitations

  • Harder to generate lexical tests
  • Can be used to postpone falsification