acrolect

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ac·ro·lect

A0065100 (ăk′rə-lĕkt′)n. The variety of speech that is closest to a standard prestige language, especially in an area in which a creole is spoken. For example, Standard Jamaican English is the acrolect where Jamaican Creole is spoken.
[acro- + (dia)lect.]
ac′ro·lec′tal adj.

acrolect

(ˈækrəˌlɛkt) nthe most standard form of language

ac•ro•lect

(ˈæk rəˌlɛkt)

n. a variety of a language, esp. a creolized one, that is closest to the standard form of the language on which it is based. [1960–65; acro- + (dia) lect] ac`ro•lec′tal, adj.