matrilect
Meanings
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.
- The idiolect of the mother or the mother's clan in a household where the mother and the father speak different idiolects.
Word forms
Etymology
From matri- + -lect.
Antonyms
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