standard language

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NounEdit

standard language (plural standard languages)

1. (sociolinguistics) A particular variety of a language that is regarded as the most correct, widely accepted, or prestigious way of writing or speaking the language.
2. (sociolinguistics) A variety of a language selected and promoted by some authority.

Related termsEdit

• Modern Standard Arabic
• Standard English
• Standard French
• Standard German
• Standard Mandarin
• Standard Portuguese
• Standard Spanish

TranslationsEdit

variety of language regarded as most correct

• Arabic: معيرة لغة‏‎ f (muʿīra luḡa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 標準語言, 标准语言

• Dutch: standaardtaal (nl) f
• Finnish: yleiskieli (fi), kirjakieli (fi) (written)
• French: langue standard f
• German: Ausbausprache (de) f; Schriftsprache (de) f (written)
• Hungarian: sztenderd nyelvváltozat

• Italian: lingua standard f
• Japanese: 標準語 (hyōjungo)
• Kalmyk: бәрмҗ келн (bärmj keln)
• Korean: 표준어 (ko) (pyojuneo)
• Lithuanian: bendrinė kalba f
• Romanian: limbă standard
• Vietnamese: tiếng chuẩn