Agglutination

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Agglutinating languages are languages that combine several grammatical elements into a single word rather than using several words to convey information. Normally this is done by adding several endings.

Examples for agglutinating languages are Japanese, Turkish, Finnish and Esperanto

For example:

Finnish:

talossani: talo=house, -ssa = in, -ni = my -> in my house

Japanese:

泳�?��?��?�られ�?� = (泳�?? + ー�?�る + �?��?�る + られる + �?�)

oyogesaserareta = (oyogu + -eru + saseru + rareru + ta)

I was made to be able to swim. = (swim + potential + made/let + passive + past)

Esperanto:

skribilo: {skrib' = write; -il- = tool; -o = noun} = writing implement

arbaro: {arb' = tree; -ar- = collection of; -o = noun} = forest

Translations

• Esperanto: aglutino
• Polish: aglutynacja f
• Portuguese: aglutinação f
• Swedish: agglutinering c

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