literary language

Noun

 * 1)  A register of a language that is used in literary writing.
 * 2)  A language variety used as an institutional norm in a community, opposed to vernacular dialects; a standard language.
 * 3) * 1977, Magomet Izmaylovich Isayev, National languages in the USSR: problems and solutions, Прогресс, p. 316:
 * Literary languages have been enriched by dialects and have at the same time assisted the levelling out of dialectical differences which in its turn has contributed to [...].

Usage notes

 * The "standard language" sense is primarily used with respect to the Slavic languages. It is likely a direct translation (calque) of the Eastern European linguistic term.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: ədəbi dil
 * Belarusian: літаратурная мова
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: irodalmi nyelv
 * Ingrian: kirjakeeli
 * Japanese:
 * Kalmyk: зокъялын келн
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: literarni jezik, književni jezik
 * Slovene: literarni jezik, knjižni jezik, leposlovni jezik
 * Tagalog: wikang pampanitikan


 * Albanian: gjuhë letrare
 * Azerbaijani: ədəbi dil
 * Belarusian: літаратурная мова
 * Bulgarian: литературен език, книжовен език
 * German:
 * Kazakh: әдеби тіл
 * Latvian: literārā valoda
 * Lithuanian: literatūrinė kalba
 * Macedonian: литературен јазик
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian: književni jezik
 * Slovene: knjižni jezik
 * Ukrainian: