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communalect

Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuːnəˌlɛkt/

The English word “communalect” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Especially in Pacific linguistics: the lect (linguistic variety) spoken by a particular speech community.

Etymology

Probably from communa(l) + -lect (suffix denoting a language variety).

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