mesolect

[ mez-uh-lekt, mes-, mee-zuh-, -suh- ]

nounLinguistics.
  1. any variety of language in a creole continuum that is intermediate between the basilect and the acrolect.

Origin of mesolect

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Other words from mesolect

  • mes·o·lec·tal, adjective

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