mesolect

mesolect
mesolectal, adj.
/mez"euh lekt', mes"-, mee"zeuh-, -seuh-/, n. Ling.
any variety of language in a creole continuum that is intermediate between the basilect and the acrolect. Cf. acrolect, basilect.
[MESO- + (DIA)LECT]

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