autoglossonym

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ glossonym.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɔː.təʊˈɡlɒ.sə.nɪm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɔː.toʊˈɡlɑ.sə.nɪm/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˌɑː.toʊˈɡlɑ.sə.nɪm/
• Hyphenation: au‧to‧gloss‧o‧nym

Noun

autoglossonym (plural autoglossonyms)

1. The name of a language in that specific language.

   "Nederlands" is the autoglossonym of Dutch.

Synonyms

• autoglottonym
• autolinguonym

Related terms

• endonym, autonym
• exonym, xenonym
• glossonym

Translations

name of a language in that language

Chinese: Mandarin: 自稱語 / 自称语 Finnish: omakielinen (kielen) nimitys French: autoglossonyme (fr) m, autoglottonyme m German: Eigenbezeichnung der Sprache f Russian: са̀моназва́ние языка́ n (sàmonazvánije jazyká) Swedish: autoglossonym c

See also

• glottonym
• linguonym