Ethnolect

//ˈɛθnəlɛkt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A language variety specific to an ethnic group.

    "AAVE is an ethnolect of African Americans."

Synonyms

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sociolect

Example

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"Judaeo-German is a German ethnolect written in the Hebrew alphabet."

Etymology

From ethno- + -lect.

Related phrases

ethnic group

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