E-language

English

Alternative forms

• e-language

Etymology

Introduced by Noam Chomsky.

Noun

E-language (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) Abbreviation of external language: language as transmitted and shared in the world or community rather than as perceived and understood in the individual.
   • 2021 January 31, Helena Smith, “The Greeks had a word for it … until now, as language is deluged by English terms”, in The Observer‎^[1], →ISSN:

     The emergence of “Greenglish” – Greek written with English letters – as an unofficial e-language since the arrival of the internet has also sparked alarm.

Coordinate terms

• I-language