patrilect
patrilect noun: the language or dialect spoken by the patriclan.
Noun
patrilect (plural patrilects)
- The language or dialect spoken by the patriclan.
- Patrilect is a marker of patriclan membership and thus a symbol of identity.1991, Philip Baldi, Patterns of Change - Change of Patterns, →ISBN
- Second, speakers are always familiar with at least two languages (patrilect and matrilect) and typically more.2013, Janet Chernela, “Toward an East Tukano ethnolinguistics: Metadiscursive practices, identity, and sustained linguistic diversity in the Vaupe/s basin of Brazil and Colombia”, in Upper Rio Negro...
- Antonyms:
- matrilect
Antonyms of patrilect
Forms of patrilect
| plural | patrilects |
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Origin of patrilect
From patri- + -lect.
Words formed from patrilect
Questions about patrilect
- What does patrilect mean?
- Patrilect means the language or dialect spoken by the patriclan.
- What part of speech is patrilect?
- Patrilect is a noun.
- What is the plural of patrilect?
- The plural of patrilect is patrilects.
Words near patrilect in the dictionary
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