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A basilect is a variety of language which has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only suitable for very informal context by speakers.

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A basilect is a variety of language which has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only suitable for very informal context by speakers.

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In creole linguistics, mesolect refers to the intermediate variety of a creole language, basilect refers to the most informal or vernacular variety, and acrolect refers to the most prestigious or formal variety. These terms are used to describe the range of linguistic variation within a creole community.

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Acrolect refers to the most formal and prestigious form of speech.

It actually refers to the language of the power: politicians

Mesolect refers to intermediate variety. We may say the variety spoken by private sector in a respective country.

Basilect refers to most colloquial and least prestigious form of speech. It is spoken by ordinary people like me.

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It's just really the rural

An country way

Of speaking. The way all jamaicans should speak on My opinion, because its the furthest from the English standard language. Much more African roots in the patois and not sing

In popular

Jamaican music.

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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern B-SI---T. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter B and 3rd letter S and 4th letter I and 8th letter T. In alphabetical order, they are:

basilect

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