nativization

alternative nativisation

1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe process whereby a language acquires native speakers.
2. uncountablehuman sciencesThe process whereby a language in a new region acquires localised features, as by contact with pre-existing languages of the region, or in response to the local environment.

   The nativisation of English in India has resulted in the creation of many new coinages or neologisms.

   2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120

3. uncountablehuman sciencesThe process whereby a loan word’s pronunciation is adapted to the sound system of the borrowing language.

   The independent addition of final vowels to resolve final consonants, as a nativization strategy.

   2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 411