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acrolect

 
Dictionary: ac·ro·lect   (ăk'rə-lĕkt') pronunciation
 
n.

The variety of speech that is closest to a standard prestige language, especially in an area in which a creole is spoken. For example, Standard Jamaican English is the acrolect where Jamaican Creole is spoken.

[ACRO– + (DIA)LECT.]

acrolectal ac'ro·lec'tal adj.
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