"dialect levelling" meaning in All languages combined

See dialect levelling on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: dialect levellings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} dialect levelling (usually uncountable, plural dialect levellings)
  1. (linguistics) the reduction of dialectal diversity within a language due to the propagation of a single prestige variety Wikipedia link: dialect levelling Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: dialect leveling [US] Translations (dialect levelling): dialectnivellering (Dutch), 방언평준화 (bang'eonpyeongjunhwa) (alt: 方言平準化) (Korean), nivelación lingüística (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dialect_levelling-en-noun-Zy32-Mge Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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