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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(linguistics, sociolinguistics, of a language or dialect) Constituting 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.
[…] 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.
Use ausbau when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ausbau means (linguistics, sociolinguistics, of a language or dialect) Constituting a standard; being deliberately shaped and standardized; having the social, political, or legal status of a standard language..
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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.
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