Idiom (subsystem of language)
The term idiom is used by some linguists instead of language or dialect when there is no need to commit oneself to any decision on the status with respect to this distinction. Idiom is used to refer to the studied communicative system (that could be called either a dialect or a language) when its status with respect to this distinction is irrelevant (thus it is a synonym to language in the more general sense).
See also
VernacularDialect languageStandard languageAbstandspracheAusbauspracheDachsprache
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