nativization
nounEtymology From native + -ization.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences The process whereby a language acquires native speakers.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences 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.
- The nativisation of English in India has resulted in the creation of many new coinages or neologisms.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120:
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonology, Sciences The process whereby a loan word’s pronunciation is adapted to the sound system of the borrowing language.
- The independent addition of final vowels to resolve final consonants, as a nativization strategy.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 411:
- Derived terms
- renativization
- Related terms
- indigenization, localization