autolinguonym

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ linguonym.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɔː.təʊˈlɪŋ.ɡwə.nɪm/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɔː.toʊˈlɪŋ.ɡwə.nɪm/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌɑ.toʊˈlɪŋ.ɡwə.nɪm/
  • Hyphenation: au‧to‧lin‧guo‧nym

Noun

autolinguonym (plural autolinguonyms)

  1. A language name of endonymic (native) origin, created and used by native speakers as designations for their language.
    "Gaelg" is the autolinguonym of Manx.

Synonyms

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