(きょうつうご)

きょうつうご
noun
common language; standard Japanese
language
1. common language; lingua franca
A language used as a shared means of communication between people who speak different native languages or dialects.
英語(えいご)国際的(こくさいてき)共通語(きょうつうご)だ。
English is an international common language.
English is used as the common language of business.
2. standard Japanese
The standard form of Japanese based on Tokyo dialect, used across Japan in contrast to regional dialects. Preferred over the older term 標準語 in modern linguistics.
Please speak in standard Japanese, not dialect.
Standard Japanese spread nationwide through the spread of television.
(わか)世代(せだい)共通語(きょうつうご)しか(はな)せない(ひと)(おお)
Many people in the younger generation can only speak standard Japanese.
It is not uncommon for people to switch between standard Japanese and dialect.

Usage

In Japanese linguistics, 共通語(きょうつうご) is preferred over 標準語(ひょうじゅんご) because the latter implies a prescribed standard, while 共通語(きょうつうご) describes the naturally shared common form of the language.

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