basilect


bas·i·lect

B0101550 (băs′ə-lĕkt′)n. The variety of speech that is most remote from the prestige variety, especially in an area where a creole is spoken. For example, in Jamaica, Jamaican Creole is the basilect whereas Standard Jamaican English is the acrolect or prestige language.
[basi- + (dia)lect.]

basilect

(ˈbeɪsɪˌlɛkt) n(in a region where creole is or has been spoken) the dialect closest to that creole and furthest removed from the most prestigious dialect (the acrolect) of the region
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