In modern standard languages, norms of usage often seem to be superimposed by prescriptive norms.
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Standard language
Synonyms for "standard language" (27 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Adjective(6 words)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (13)
Adjective(12 words)
prescribed formprofessional languagereceived formstandardstandard formstandard frenchstandard germanstandard portuguese pronunciationstandard romanianstandard varietytypical languageuniform language
Noun(1 words)
standard modern greek
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8 entriesacademic Englishacademic languagedialectformal Englishformal languageregional Englishregional variationstandard English
Collocations
10 entriesacademic standard languageclassroom standard languageformal standard languagestandard language conventionsstandard language curriculumstandard language educationstandard language instructionstandard language policystandard language usagestandard language variation
Inflections
3 entriesmore standard languagemost standard languagestandard languages
Derivations
9 entriesstandard language instructionstandard language usagestandardizablestandardizationstandardizestandardizedstandardizingstandardlystandardness
Translations
85 translations across 37 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- standaardtaal noun (standard variety)
Arabic
1 entries- معيرة لغة noun (standard variety)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- standart dil noun (standard variety)
- ədəbi dil noun (standard variety)
Basque
1 entries- hizkuntza estandar noun (standard variety)
Belarusian
4 entries- культурная мова noun (standard variety)
- літаратурная мова noun (standard variety)
- нарматыўная мова noun (standard variety)
- стандартная мова noun (standard variety)
Bengali
1 entries- প্রমিত ভাষা noun (standard variety)
Bulgarian
3 entries- книжовен език noun (standard variety)
- литературен език noun (standard variety)
- стандартен език noun (standard variety)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 標準語 /标准语 noun (standard variety)
Czech
2 entries- spisovný jazyk noun (standard variety)
- standardní jazyk noun (standard variety)
Dutch
1 entries- standaardtaal noun (standard variety)
Finnish
3 entries- kirjakieli noun (standard variety)
- standardikieli noun (standard variety)
- yleiskieli noun (standard variety)
French
1 entries- langue standard noun (standard variety)
German
4 entries- Ausbausprache noun (standard variety)
- Einheitssprache noun (standard variety)
- Gemeinsprache noun (standard variety)
- Hochsprache noun (standard variety)
Hungarian
4 entries- irodalmi nyelv noun (standard variety)
- művelt köznyelv noun (standard variety)
- sztenderd noun (standard variety)
- sztenderd nyelv noun (standard variety)
Indonesian
2 entries- bahasa baku noun (standard variety)
- bahasa standar noun (standard variety)
Italian
1 entries- lingua standard noun (standard variety)
Japanese
1 entries- 標準語 noun (standard variety)
Kalmyk
1 entries- бәрмҗ келн noun (standard variety)
Kazakh
1 entries- әдеби тіл noun (standard variety)
Korean
1 entries- 표준어 noun (standard variety)
Latvian
2 entries- literārā valoda noun (standard variety)
- standarta valoda noun (standard variety)
Lithuanian
4 entries- bendrinė kalba noun (standard variety)
- bendroji kalba noun (standard variety)
- literatūrinė kalba noun (standard variety)
- standartinė kalba noun (standard variety)
Macedonian
2 entries- литературен јазик noun (standard variety)
- стандарден јазик noun (standard variety)
Malay
3 entries- bahasa baku noun (standard variety)
- bahasa piawai noun (standard variety)
- bahasa standard noun (standard variety)
Polish
4 entries- dialekt kulturalny noun (standard variety)
- język literacki noun (standard variety)
- język ogólny noun (standard variety)
- język standardowy noun (standard variety)
Portuguese
2 entries- língua padrão noun (standard variety)
- língua-padrão noun (standard variety)
Romanian
1 entries- limbă standard noun (standard variety)
Russian
4 entries- культу́рный язы́к noun (standard variety)
- литерату́рный язы́к noun (standard variety)
- нормати́вный язы́к noun (standard variety)
- станда́ртный язы́к noun (standard variety)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- književni jezik noun (standard variety)
- standardni idiom noun (standard variety)
- standardni jezik noun (standard variety)
- књижевни језик noun (standard variety)
Slovak
2 entries- spisovný jazyk noun (standard variety)
- štandardný jazyk noun (standard variety)
Slovene
2 entries- knjižni jezik noun (standard variety)
- standardni jezik noun (standard variety)
Spanish
1 entries- lengua estándar noun (standard variety)
Swedish
3 entries- högspråk noun (standard variety)
- riksspråk noun (standard variety)
- standardspråk noun (standard variety)
Turkish
2 entries- standart dil noun (standard variety)
- ölçünlü dil noun (standard variety)
Ukrainian
4 entries- культурна мова noun (standard variety)
- літературна мова noun (standard variety)
- нормативна мова noun (standard variety)
- стандартна мова noun (standard variety)
Urdu
1 entries- مِعیاری زَبان noun (standard variety)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tiếng chuẩn noun (standard variety)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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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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.
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