autolinguonym

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ linguonym

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɔː.təʊˈlɪŋ.ɡwə.nɪm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɔː.toʊˈlɪŋ.ɡwə.nɪm/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.toʊˈlɪŋ.ɡwə.nɪm/
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧lin‧guo‧nym

Noun

autolinguonym (plural autolinguonyms)

1. A language name of endonymic (native) origin, created and used by native speakers as designations for their language.

   "Gaelg" is the autolinguonym of Manx.

Synonyms

• autoglossonym
• autoglottonym

Related terms

• endonym, autonym
• exonym, xenonym
• linguonym

See also

• glossonym
• glottonym