exonorm
exonorm noun: a standard language forged by non-native speakers.
Noun
exonorm (plural exonorms)
- A standard language forged by non-native speakers.
- And for Fijian - to maintain the Old High Fijian exonorm, which has been the variety most frequently seen in print and uttered by officialdom, or to build on the indigenous Standard Fijian.1984, George Bertram Milner, David George Arms, Paul A. Geraghty, Duivosavosa: Fiji's languages, their use and their future, page 59
- If native or primary anglophones living in Israel travel to an English-speaking country or if they are talking or writing to anglophones unfamiliar with English as used here, they must revert to an exonorm, something which is not always easy.1989, David L. Gold, Jewish Linguistic Studies, page 72
Forms of exonorm
| plural | exonorms |
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Origin of exonorm
From exo- + norm.
Questions about exonorm
- What does exonorm mean?
- Exonorm means a standard language forged by non-native speakers.
- What part of speech is exonorm?
- Exonorm is a noun.
- What is the plural of exonorm?
- The plural of exonorm is exonorms.
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