polysynthetic language

A polysynthetic language is a type of language in which words are typically formed by combining many morphemes to express what would require entire phrases or sentences in less synthetic languages.

Observed surface forms (2)

• morphologically complex language ×1
• verb‑heavy language ×1

Instances (5)

• Inuktitut
• Abkhaz language
• Navajo language
• Mohawk language
• Sm’álgyax