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Dialect levelling and Linguistic purism

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Difference between Dialect levelling and Linguistic purism

Dialect levelling vs. Linguistic purism

Dialect levelling or dialect leveling is a process of assimilation, mixture and merging of certain dialects, often by language standardization. Linguistic purism or linguistic protectionism is the practice of defining or recognizing one variety of a language as being purer or of intrinsically higher quality than other varieties.

Similarities between Dialect levelling and Linguistic purism

Dialect levelling and Linguistic purism have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Danish language, Dialect, English language, German language, Latin, Linguistic prescription, Low German, Swedish language.

Danish language

Danish (dansk, dansk sprog) is a North Germanic language spoken by around six million people, principally in Denmark and in the region of Southern Schleswig in northern Germany, where it has minority language status.

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Dialect

The term dialect (from Latin,, from the Ancient Greek word,, "discourse", from,, "through" and,, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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German language

German (Deutsch) is a West Germanic language that is mainly spoken in Central Europe.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Linguistic prescription

Linguistic prescription, or prescriptive grammar, is the attempt to lay down rules defining correct use of language.

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Low German

Low German or Low Saxon (Plattdütsch, Plattdüütsch, Plattdütsk, Plattduitsk, Nedersaksies; Plattdeutsch, Niederdeutsch; Nederduits) is a West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands.

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Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic language spoken natively by 9.6 million people, predominantly in Sweden (as the sole official language), and in parts of Finland, where it has equal legal standing with Finnish.

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Dialect levelling and Linguistic purism Comparison

Dialect levelling has 60 relations, while Linguistic purism has 98. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 5.06% = 8 / (60 + 98).

References

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