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(sociolinguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers.

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basilect

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basilect

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/ˈbæsɪlekt/

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Japanese Meaning

（社会言語学）標準語から大きく逸脱し、話者が非常に非公式な場面でのみ使用することが許容される言語変種

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In the remote village, teenagers proudly coded messages in a basilect that most outsiders could not understand.

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辺鄙な村では、十代の若者たちが誇らしげに、ほとんどのよそ者には理解できないほど標準語から大きく逸脱した非常に非標準的な方言でメッセージをやり取りしていた。

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The highest level of good English has been called the acrolect; the lowest level of poor speech, the basilect; both are contrasted with the matrilect, the general native language.

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