English Explanatory Dictionary

natiolect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A national standard variety of a language spoken in more than one region.

Word forms

natiolect natiolects

Etymology

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.

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