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A register of a language that is used in literary writing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: literature, media, publishing
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A language variety used as an institutional norm in a community, opposed to vernacular dialects; a standard language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, social-science, sociolinguistics, sociology
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Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
ədəbi dil
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Belarusian:
літаратурная мова
(litaraturnaja móva)
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Finnish:
kirjakieli
— register of a language used in literary writing
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French:
langue littéraire
— register of a language used in literary writing
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German:
Literatursprache
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Hungarian:
irodalmi nyelv
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Ingrian:
kirjakeeli
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Japanese:
書き言葉
(kakikotoba)
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Kalmyk:
зокъялын келн
(zokʺyalyn keln)
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Polish:
język literacki
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Romanian:
limbă literară
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Serbo-Croatian:
literarni jezik
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Serbo-Croatian:
književni jezik
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Slovene:
literarni jezik
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Slovene:
knjižni jezik
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Slovene:
leposlovni jezik
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Tagalog:
wikang pampanitikan
— register of a language used in literary writing
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Albanian:
gjuhë letrare
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Azerbaijani:
ədəbi dil
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Belarusian:
літаратурная мова
(litaraturnaja móva)
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Bulgarian:
литературен език
(literaturen ezik)
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Bulgarian:
книжовен език
(knižoven ezik)
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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German:
Literatursprache
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Kazakh:
әдеби тіл
(ädebi tıl)
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Latvian:
literārā valoda
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Lithuanian:
literatūrinė kalba
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Macedonian:
литературен јазик
(literaturen jazik)
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Polish:
język literacki
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Russian:
литерату́рный язы́к
(literatúrnyj jazýk)
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Serbo-Croatian:
književni jezik
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Slovene:
knjižni jezik
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Udmurt:
книгакыл
(kńigakyl)
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Udmurt:
литературной кыл
(ľiťeraturnoj kyl)
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard
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Ukrainian:
літературна мова
(literaturna mova)
— supraregional idiom — see also standard language, standard