👉 In linguistics, "uncolonising" is a term used to describe a linguistic phenomenon where a speaker or writer uses words that are not standard in their target language but have been adopted by speakers of other languages. This can occur through various means such as borrowing from another language, using slang or colloquial expressions, or adopting words that were previously used but no longer exist. For example, a person speaking French might say "je te comprends" which is uncolonising in English because
