English Explanatory Dictionary

nativization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process whereby a language acquires native speakers.
  2. The process whereby a language in a new region acquires localised features, as by contact with pre-existing languages of the region, or in response to the local environment.
  3. The process whereby a loan word’s pronunciation is adapted to the sound system of the borrowing language.

Word forms

nativization nativisation

Etymology

From native + -ization.

Related words

indigenization localization

Derived words

renativization
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