EGAVE

matrilect

Meaning

  1. noun The language of the dominant local culture, in the situation where a pidgin or creole is formed from the language of the dominant culture and another outside introduced language.
  2. noun The idiolect of the mother or the mother's clan in a household where the mother and the father speak different idiolects.

Similar words

medialect macrolanguage mimolect mesolect mesilect macaronic matrix malenglish matronage mahratti

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