standard language
nounDefinitions
A form of a language that is institutionally promoted, regarded as the most correct or…
A form of a language that is institutionally promoted, regarded as the most correct or neutral variety, and is used by a population for public and formal purposes.
- In modern standard languages, norms of usage often seem to be superimposed by prescriptive norms.
A language that has a standard form as one of its varieties
A language that has a standard form as one of its varieties; a language that has undergone standardization.
- Some remain clusters of dialects like those of the Pamirs; others are at varying levels of stabilisation; some may be young standard languages, having only recently achieved that status; [...]
- Not all standard languages have the backing of institutions such as the Académie française. English is a good example of a standard language without such a regulatory body.
The neighborhood
- neighborliterary language
- neighborModern Standard Arabic
- neighborStandard Chinese
- neighborStandard English
- neighborStandard German
- neighborStandard Mandarin
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for standard language. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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