In one dimension change is directed toward the acrolect, the “typical” change in the creole continuum.
Source: wiktionary
Acrolect
//ˈæk.ɹə.lɛkt//
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12 translations across 11 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- acrolecte noun (variety of speech that is considered the standard form)
Dutch
1 entries- acrolect noun (variety of speech that is considered the standard form)
Finnish
1 entries- akrolekti noun (variety of speech that is considered the standard form)
French
1 entries- acrolecte noun (variety of speech that is considered the standard form)
German
1 entries- Akrolekt noun (variety of speech that is considered the standard form)
Indonesian
1 entries- akrolek noun (variety of speech that is considered the standard form)
Irish
1 entries- ardchanúint noun (variety of speech that is considered the standard form)
Italian
2 entries- acroletto noun (variety of speech that is considered the standard form)
- acroletto noun (variety of speech that is considered the standard form)
Malay
1 entries- akrolek noun (variety of speech that is considered the standard form)
Portuguese
1 entries- acroleto noun (variety of speech that is considered the standard form)
Spanish
1 entries- acrolecto noun (variety of speech that is considered the standard form)
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At the other end of the continuum is the most standard speech, the acrolect. In between is a gradient of forms with many successive levels, the mesolects.
Source: wiktionary
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