abstand

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English

Etymology

From German Abstandsprache.

Adjective

abstand (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics, sociolinguistics) Of a language or dialect (a lect), being different from another lect in its intrinsic linguistic features (as opposed to extrinsic features such as social, political or legal status)

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