nativization
English
noun
Definitions
- (linguistics) The process whereby a language acquires native speakers.
- (linguistics) The 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.
- (linguistics) The process whereby a loan loan word’s pronunciation is adapted to the sound system of the borrowing language.
Etymology
Suffix from English native.
Origin
English
native
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- native English
- native-born English
- nativelike English
- natively English
- nativeness English
- nativisation English
- nativism English
- nativist English
- nativize English
- non-native English
- nonnative English
- renativization English
- unnative English
- natif Old French