acrolect

[ ak-ruh-lekt ]
/ ˈæk rəˌlɛkt /

noun Linguistics.

the variety of language in a creole continuum that approximates most closely the standard variety of a major international language, as the English spoken in Guyana or Jamaica.
Compare basilect, mesolect.

Origin of acrolect

First recorded in 1960–65; acro- + (dia)lect

OTHER WORDS FROM acrolect

ac·ro·lec·tal, adjective

Words nearby acrolect

acrogeria, acrogynous, acrokeratoelastoidosis, acrokeratosis, acrokeratosis verruciformis, acrolect, acrolein, acrolith, acrology, acromegaly, acromelalgia