autolinguonym

English

Etymology

auto- +‎ linguonym

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɔː.təʊˈlɪŋ.ɡwə.nɪm/
Audio (Southern England) noicon (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)

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

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