Patrilect

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The language or dialect spoken by the patriclan.

    "Patrilect is a marker of patriclan membership and thus a symbol of identity."

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"Patrilect is a marker of patriclan membership and thus a symbol of identity."

Etymology

From patri- + -lect.

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