patrilect en · NOUN
Etymology
From patri- + -lect.
Meanings
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The language or dialect spoken by the patriclan.
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: Cultural and Linguistic Interaction in Northwestern Amazonia, →ISBN, page 216:Patrilect is a marker of patriclan membership and thus a symbol of identity.
1991, Philip Baldi, Patterns of Change - Change of Patterns, →ISBN:Sui children rapidly learn to distinguish these clan-related dialects; young children may speak a mix of matrilect and patrilect, but older children and teenagers are almost fully patrilectal (Stanford, 2008b).
2013, Christine Mallinson, Becky Childs, Gerard Van Herk, Data Collection in Sociolinguistics, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| patrilects | Number=Plur | lexicographic |