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koinéization

koinéization is the alternative spelling of koinëisation.

Meaning of koinëisation

Noun

koinëisation (usually uncountable, plural koinëisations)

  1. (usually) The process whereby a lect develops into a koine, or an instance of this.
    • This is a reasonable interpretation of Hull (1968, 1974). This author later made it clear that the koinêization process may have continued during the early period of colonization (Hull 1994).1994?, Yves-Charles Morin, “The Origin and Development of the Pronunciation of French in Québec” in The Origins and Development of Emigrant Languages: Proceedings from the Second Rasmus Rask...

Forms of koinéization

pluralkoinéizations

Questions about koinéization

What is koinéization the alternative spelling of?
Koinéization is the alternative spelling of koinëisation.

Words near koinéization in the dictionary

  1. koinophilia
  2. koinophobia
  3. koiné
  4. koinéisation
  5. koinéisations
  6. koinéization
  7. koinéizations
  8. koinés
  9. koinêisation
  10. koinêisations
  11. koinêization

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Adapted from Wiktionary: koinéization (page history and authors); koinëisation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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