clanlect

Noun

clanlect (plural clanlects)

1. A language variety specific to a clan.
   • Clanlect features of nonmobile adults and teenagers in both the North and the South clans were recorded for comparison to the mobile married women.2008, James N. Stanford, “A sociotonetic analysis of Sui dialect contact”, in Language Variation and Change, volume 20, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, page 410
   • At Cape Keerweer (western Cape York), for example, “all clans have at least slightly different dialects” (Sutton 1978: 183) or ‘clanlects’. In practice, clanlects perceived to be similar in this region are often referred to by the same name (1978: 180), although from the linguist’s perspective the...2023, Jill Vaughan, Ruth Singer, Murray Garde, “Language naming in Indigenous Australia: a view from western Arnhem Land”, in Multilingua, volume 42, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, page 89