Exonorm

Quick meaning: Exonorm is a noun meaning (linguistics) A standard language forged by non-native speakers.

Meaning

(linguistics) A standard language forged by non-native speakers.

Example Sentences

The advantage in being able to do this lies in the creation and maintenance of an endonorm rather than blindly insisting on an exonorm.

And for Fijian - to maintain the Old High Fijian exonorm, which has been the variety most frequently seen in print and uttered by officialdom, or to build on the indigenous Standard Fijian.

If native or primary anglophones living in Israel travel to an English-speaking country or if they are talking or writing to anglophones unfamiliar with English as used here, they must revert to an exonorm, something which is not always easy.

Word Forms

• exonorms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include natiolect, norm, exonym, isolect, denizen, vernacular.

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