patrilect

English

Etymology

From patri- +‎ -lect.

Noun

patrilect (plural patrilects)

1. (linguistics) The language or dialect spoken by the patriclan.

   Antonym: matrilect

   Hypernyms: lect, variety

   • 1991, Philip Baldi, Patterns of Change - Change of Patterns, →ISBN:

     Patrilect is a marker of patriclan membership and thus a symbol of identity.

   • 2013, Janet Chernela, “Toward an East Tukano ethnolinguistics: Metadiscursive practices, identity, and sustained linguistic diversity in the Vaupe/s basin of Brazil and Colombia”, in Upper Rio Negro: Cultural and Linguistic Interaction in Northwestern Amazonia, →ISBN, page 216:

     Second, speakers are always familiar with at least two languages (patrilect and matrilect) and typically more.

   • 2013, Christine Mallinson, Becky Childs, Gerard Van Herk, Data Collection in Sociolinguistics, →ISBN:

     Sui children rapidly learn to distinguish these clan-related dialects; young children may speak a mix of matrilect and patrilect, but older children and teenagers are almost fully patrilectal (Stanford, 2008b).