dialect levelling

noun

the reduction of dialectal diversity within a language due to the propagation of a single prestige variety

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Meanings

noundialect levelling (usually uncountable, plural dialect levellings)

plural dialect levellings · alternative dialect leveling

  1. uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesthe reduction of dialectal diversity within a language due to the propagation of a single prestige variety

Translations

Dutch dialectnivellering
  • dialectnivelleringdialect levelling
Korean 방언평준화
  • 방언평준화 (bang'eonpyeongjunhwa)dialect levelling
Spanish nivelación lingüística
  • nivelación lingüísticadialect levelling
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APA

dialect levelling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialect%20levelling

MLA

“dialect levelling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialect%20levelling. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dialect levelling,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialect%20levelling.

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