Dictionary

standard language en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. 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. 2014, Stephan Elspaß, Prescriptive norms and norms of usage in nineteenth-century German, University of Salzburg [Gijsbert Rutten, Rik Vosters, Wim Vandenbussche, Norms and Usage in Language History, 1600–1900: A sociolinguistic and comparative perspective, John Benjamins Publishing Company] p. 303
2. A language that has a standard form as one of its varieties; a language that has undergone standardization.
   • Not all standard languages have the backing of institutions such as the Académie française. English is a good example of a standard language without such a regulatory body. 1994, Suzanne Romaine, Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 85:
   • 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; [...] 1978, James E. Alatis, International Dimensions of Bilingual Education, Georgetown University Press, page xii:

Forms

Antonyms

nonstandard variety

Relateds

Standard German · Standard Chinese · Standard English · literary language · Modern Standard Arabic · Standard Mandarin

Synonyms

standardized language · standard variety · standard · standard dialect

Translations (92)

lv standarta valoda (standard variety) · eu hizkuntza estandar (standard variety) · sh књижевни језик (standard variety) · be культурная мова (standard variety) · de Standardsprache (standard variety) · uk стандартна мова (standard variety) · de Schriftsprache (standard variety) · uk культурна мова (standard variety) · lt literatūrinė kalba (standard variety) · af standaardtaal (standard variety) · de Literatursprache (standard variety) · sh standardni idiom (standard variety) · bn প্রমিত ভাষা (standardized language) · az standart dil (standard variety) · hu sztenderd nyelvváltozat (standard variety) · sk štandardný jazyk (standard variety) · it lingua standard (standard variety) · hu művelt köznyelv (standard variety) · be нарматыўная мова (standard variety) · ru культу́рный язы́к (standard variety) · af gestandaardiseerde taal (standardized language) · xal бәрмҗ келн (standard variety) · bn প্রমিত ভাষা (standard variety) · pl narzecze ogólne (standard variety) · vi tiếng chuẩn (standard variety) · lt standartinė kalba (standard variety) · uk нормативна мова (standard variety) · hu sztenderd (standard variety) · cmn 標準語 /标准语 (standard variety) · ur مِعیاری زَبان (standard variety) · pl język literacki (standardized language) · tr ölçünlü dil (standard variety) · sh standardni jezik (standard variety) · pl dialekt kulturalny (standard variety) · pt língua-padrão (standard variety) · es lengua estándar (standardized language) · ms bahasa baku (standard variety) · mk литературен јазик (standard variety) · ru станда́ртный язы́к (standard variety) · sh стандардни идиом (standard variety) · id bahasa standar (standard variety) · sl standardni jezik (standard variety) · de Einheitssprache (standard variety) · pl język literacki (standard variety) · ru литерату́рный язы́к (standard variety) · lt bendroji kalba (standard variety) · ms bahasa standard (standard variety) · pl język standardowy (standard variety) · de Hochsprache (standard variety) · sl knjižni jezik (standard variety) · mk стандарден јазик (standard variety) · ko 표준어 (standard variety) · be стандартная мова (standard variety) · uk літературна мова (standard variety) · sv riksspråk (standard variety) · pt língua padrão (standard variety) · nl standaardtaal (standard variety) · de Ausbausprache (standard variety) · ms bahasa piawai (standard variety) · bg стандартен език (standard variety) · ru нормати́вный язы́к (standard variety) · af standaardtaal (standardized language) · sh стандардни језик (standard variety) · lt bendrinė kalba (standard variety) · az ədəbi dil (standard variety) · cs spisovný jazyk (standard variety) · id bahasa baku (standard variety) · sk spisovný jazyk (standard variety) · pl język ogólny (standard variety) · sv högspråk (standard variety) · be літаратурная мова (standard variety) · fi standardikieli (standard variety) · hu irodalmi nyelv (standard variety) · sh književni jezik (standard variety) · de Gemeinsprache (standard variety) · lv literārā valoda (standard variety) · ja 標準語 (standard variety) · bg книжовен език (standard variety) · sv standardspråk (standard variety) · fr langue standard (standard variety) · ru станда́ртный язы́к (standardized language) · kk әдеби тіл (standard variety) · fi yleiskieli (standard variety) · hu sztenderd nyelv (standard variety) · ar معيرة لغة (standard variety) · ro limbă standard (standard variety) · pl język standardowy (standardized language) · tr standart dil (standard variety) · fi kirjakieli (standard variety) · es lengua estándar (standard variety) · cs standardní jazyk (standard variety) · bg литературен език (standard variety)