natiolect
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From natio(n) + -lect. The first component is from Latin nātiōn(em), with the second abbreviated from dialect, from Ancient Greek. Coined by Godelieve Laureys in 1997.[1]
Noun[edit]
natiolect (plural natiolects)
- A national standard variety of a language spoken in more than one region.
References[edit]
- ^ Van Keymeulen, J. (2016 December 30) “Dialect lexicography”, in International Handbook of Modern Lexis and Lexicography[1], Berlin: Springer: “Laureys (1997) coined the useful term natiolect for “a national standard of a language that is spoken in more than one state.” Natiolects exist all over the world, e.g., Belgian Dutch, Austrian German ...”