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Koiné language
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Contact language from mutually intelligible dialects of the same language
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In linguistics, a koine or koiné language or dialect (pronounced , KOY-nay; from Ancient Greek κοινή 'common') is a standard or common dialect that has arisen as a result of the contact, mixing, and often simplification of two or more mutually intelligible varieties of the same language.

Instance of
type of language
Subclass of
Variety (linguistics)
Contact language
common language
Different from
Koine Greek
Pidgin
Lingua franca
Creole language
common language
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