Standard language
"Standard language" in a Sentence (3 examples)
In modern standard languages, norms of usage often seem to be superimposed by prescriptive norms.
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; [...]
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.