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Lect

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intelnoun(especially espionage and military) Intelligence (secret information).
dialectnoun(linguistics, broad sense) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.
geolectnounA dialect spoken in a particular geographical area.
idiolectnoun(linguistics) The language variant used by a specific individual.
leednoun(UK dialectal, Scotland) The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.
isolectnoun(linguistics) A language or dialect; coined as a neutral term between ‘language’ and ‘dialect.’
language nestnoun(linguistics) A language revitalisation programme in which children and non-native speakers acquire the endangered language through immersion in special-purpose locations called 'nests'.
idiomnounA manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
regionalectnounA dialect spoken in a particular geographical region.
regiolectnounA lect spoken in a particular geographical region.
langwidgenounEye dialect spelling of language. [(countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.]
natiolectnounA national standard variety of a language spoken in more than one region.
open classnoun(linguistics) A set of words in a given language that can readily gain new members.
standard dialectnoun(sociolinguistics) Synonym of standard language
eye dialectnoun(uncountable) Nonstandard spellings which, although they indicate a standard pronunciation, are deliberately substituted in place of the standard spellings, often to indicate that a speaker's regular use of language is nonstandard or dialectal.
religiolectnounA language variety with its own history and development, which is used by a religious community.
linguistic landscapenoun(linguistics) The totality of written language visible within a certain area.
leddennounAlternative form of leden. [(obsolete) Language; speech.]
colonial lagnoun(linguistics) The retention of certain lexical items in a colonial variety of a language which have fallen into disuse in the original language.
ecolectnounA language variety unique to a household.

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