standard dialect

English

Noun

standard dialect (plural standard dialects)

1. (sociolinguistics) Synonym of standard language

Usage notes

• The term is used as a more neutral replacement for the loaded "standard language". Compare standard variety.

Antonyms

• nonstandard dialect
• vernacular dialect

Translations

variety of language regarded as most "correct", widely accepted, or neutral — see also standard language

• Afrikaans: standaarddialek
• Czech: standardní dialekt m
• German: Standarddialekt m
• Indonesian: dialek baku, ragam baku (id)
• Polish: narzecze ogólne n, dialekt standardowy m, dialekt literacki m
• Portuguese: dialeto padrão m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: стандардни дијалект m, стандардни дијалекат m, стандардни идиом m

  Roman: standardni dijalekt m, standardni dijalekat m, standardni idiom m

• Slovak: štandardný dialekt m
• Spanish: dialecto estandar m