agglutinatívnak

Agglutinatívnak is a linguistic term referring to a characteristic of a language where grammatical information, such as tense, number, or case, is conveyed by adding distinct suffixes or prefixes to a root word. Each affix typically represents a single grammatical meaning, and these affixes are strung together in a predictable order. This contrasts with fusional languages, where a single affix can carry multiple pieces of grammatical information, or isolating languages, where grammatical relations are primarily shown through word order and separate particles.

Languages exhibiting agglutination are often characterized by long words with a clear morphological structure. For example, in Turkish, the word "evlerimde" (in my houses) is formed by taking the root "ev" (house), adding the plural marker "-ler" (houses), the possessive marker "-im" (my), and finally the locative case marker "-de" (in). Each of these morphemes is a distinct unit with a specific meaning and is clearly separable. Other languages known for their agglutinative nature include Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, and many Turkic and Uralic languages. The clear, predictable nature of affixation in agglutinative languages can make them appear highly regular, though the sheer number of possible combinations can still lead to complex morphology.