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natiolect

natiolect noun: a national standard variety of a language spoken in more than one region.

Noun

natiolect (plural natiolects)

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

Forms of natiolect

pluralnatiolects

Origin of natiolect

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.

Questions about natiolect

What does natiolect mean?
Natiolect means a national standard variety of a language spoken in more than one region.
What part of speech is natiolect?
Natiolect is a noun.
What is the plural of natiolect?
The plural of natiolect is natiolects.

Words near natiolect in the dictionary

  1. naticoids
  2. natiform
  3. natimortality
  4. Natimuk
  5. natinoal
  6. natiolect
  7. natiolects
  8. nation
  9. Nation of Islam
  10. nation of laws
  11. nation state

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