standard language
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standard language
noun standard languages
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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.
Similar: standard, standard dialect, standard variety · Opposite: nonstandard variety
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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; [...]
Similar: standardized language
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Every language
noun standard variety
| Español | lengua estándar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 표준어 pyojuneo |
| 日本語 | 標準語 hyōjungo |
| 中文 | 標準語 /标准语 biāozhǔnyǔ |
| Português | língua padrão, língua-padrão |
| Français | langue standard |
| Deutsch | Standardsprache, Ausbausprache, Schriftsprache, Einheitssprache, Hochsprache, Gemeinsprache |
| Italiano | lingua standard |
| Română | limbă standard |
| Русский | станда́ртный язы́к standártnyj jazýk, литерату́рный язы́к literatúrnyj jazýk, нормати́вный язы́к normatívnyj jazýk, культу́рный язы́к kulʹtúrnyj jazýk |
| Tiếng Việt | tiếng chuẩn |
| العربية | معيرة لغة muʕīra luḡa |
noun standardized language
| Español | lengua estándar |
|---|---|
| Русский | станда́ртный язы́к standártnyj jazýk |
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title = {standard language},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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