What does "standard language" mean?

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.

Standard language

Q: What is a synonym for "standard language"?

Common synonyms include: academic language, baseline language, codified norm, common language, consistent terminology, formal.

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Noun

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."
2
A particular variety of a language that is regarded as the most correct way of writing or speaking the language. wordnet
3
A language that has a standard form as one of its varieties; a language that has undergone standardization.
"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; [...]"

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academic language baseline language codified norm common language consistent terminology formal

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aeolic greek akkadian dialect colloquial phrases colloquial speech

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"In modern standard languages, norms of usage often seem to be superimposed by prescriptive norms."

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