Lainic
Lainic is a term used in several distinct contexts, most prominently in linguistics and in speculative fiction. In historical linguistics, Lainic denotes a proposed language macro-family that some scholars have posited to group together multiple language branches under a common ancestral source. Proponents argue that shared phonological features and certain grammatical traits could reflect deep genealogical ties. Critics counter that evidence is inconclusive or could be explained by areal contact and extensive borrowing, and the proposal remains controversial. As a result, Lainic is not an established classification and is treated as speculative or hypothetical in most surveys of language families.
In fiction, Lainic commonly designates a constructed language or a language family created for a setting, game,
Other uses of the term include its use as a surname and as a geographic toponym in
See also: Lain, Laina, language family, constructed language.