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natiolect

The English word “natiolect” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

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.

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