Etymology

natiolect

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Today it means: A national standard variety of a language spoken in more than one region. Full definition →

Latin nātiōn(em)
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  1. Latin · derived fromnātiōn(em)
  2. English todaynatiolect

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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