nativization
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editnativization (uncountable)
- (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.
- 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 120:
- The nativisation of English in India has resulted in the creation of many new coinages or neologisms.
- (linguistics, phonology) The process whereby a loan word’s pronunciation is adapted to the sound system of the borrowing language.