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English
Etymology
From German Abstandsprache.
Adjective
abstand (not comparable)
- (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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