one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock)
noun
the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population and contributes features to their language
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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