ausbau

alternative Ausbau

1. not comparablehuman sciencesConstituting a standard; being deliberately shaped and standardized; having the social, political, or legal status of a standard language.

   Thus the Hindi/Urdu situation was created by an ausbau process, not unlike the process which created Norwegian as distinct from Danish, and Afrikaans as distinct from Dutch.

   1988, “Religion and language varieties: the case of Hindi-Urdu”, in Mohammad Ali Jazayery, Werner Winter, editors, Languages and Cultures, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 745

plural ausbaus · alternative Ausbau

1. The process of standardizing a language; the resulting standard language.

   […] the Hindi ausbau was created long before separation and thus had to compete with its model — a competition which could only succeed if the ausbau was made on the basis of the religious symbols of the 75% Hindu population.

   1988, “Religion and language varieties: the case of Hindi-Urdu”, in Mohammad Ali Jazayery, Werner Winter, editors, Languages and Cultures, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 745

1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of ausbau.

   The general aim is to prevent the Ausbau language from being confused with the other, stronger language in contact.

   2018, Peter A. Kraus, François Grin, editors, The Politics of Multilingualism: Europeanisation, globalisation and linguistic governance, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 149

plural Ausbaus

1. Alternative letter-case form of ausbau.