acrolect
[ ak-ruh-lekt ]
nounLinguistics.
the variety of language in a creole continuum that approximates most closely the standard variety of a major international language, as the English spoken in Guyana or Jamaica.
Origin of acrolect
1Other words from acrolect
- ac·ro·lec·tal, adjective
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