Language reform
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Language reform is a kind of language planning by widespread change to a language. The typical methods of language reform are simplification and linguistic purism. Simplification regularises vocabulary, grammar, or spelling. Purism aligns the language with a form which is deemed 'purer'.
Language reforms are intentional changes to language; this article does not cover natural language change, such as the Great Vowel Shift.
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See also
- Coptic pronunciation reform
- Spelling reform
- English-language spelling reform
- Language revival
- Language planning
- Language policy
- Metrication
- International Phonetic Association
- Constructed language
- Gender-neutral language
- Newspeak
- Diglossia
- Otto Basler
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