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koineization

koineization 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 koineization

pluralkoineizations

Questions about koineization

What is koineization the alternative spelling of?
Koineization is the alternative spelling of koinëisation.

Words near koineization in the dictionary

  1. koinas
  2. koine
  3. Koine Greek
  4. koineisation
  5. koineisations
  6. koineization
  7. koineizations
  8. koines
  9. KOing
  10. koinobiont
  11. koinobionts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: koineization (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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