ethnolect

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Noun

ethnolect (plural ethnolects)

1. A language variety specific to an ethnic group.

   Ebonics is an ethnolect of African Americans.

Related terms

• dialect
• idiolect
• sociolect
• ecolect
• cryptolect

Translations

• French: ethnolecte
• German: Ethnolekt
• Russian: этноле́кт
• Spanish: etnolecto

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