Noun
(sociolinguistics) A form of a language that is institutionally promoted, regarded as the most "correct" or neutral variety; used by a population for public and formal purposes.
Synonyms: standard, standard dialect, standard variety
(sociolinguistics) A language that has a standard form as one of its varieties; a language that has undergone standardization.
Synonym: standardized language
As Turkish influence in Macedonia waned, schools were opened up that taught the Bulgarian standard language in areas with significant Bulgarian population. Source: Internet
ANSI Smalltalk has been the standard language reference since 1998. citation Two of the currently popular Smalltalk implementation variants are descendants of those original Smalltalk-80 images. Source: Internet
An underlined k sometimes appears when writing the Southern dialect, to indicate that the /k/ in question corresponds to the ng of the standard language. Source: Internet
Certain fixed phrases in the standard language are illatives, such as patraukti atsakomybėn ("to arraign"), dešinėn! Source: Internet
Coray (2008). p. 139–140 In 1984, the assembly of delegates of the head organization Lia Rumantscha decided to use the new standard language when addressing all Romansh-speaking areas of the Grisons. Source: Internet
High German dialects City limits sign; this city is called Emlichheim in High German and Emmelkamp in Low German German dialects some quite distinct from the standard language are used in everyday speech, especially in rural regions. Source: Internet