Cryptolect vs Ethnolect - What's the difference?
cryptolect | ethnolect | Related terms |
(linguistics) A secretive language form used by a subculture; an arcane cant.
Cryptolect is a related term of ethnolect.
As nouns the difference between cryptolect and ethnolect
is that cryptolect is (linguistics) a secretive language form used by a subculture; an arcane cant while ethnolect is a language variety specific to an ethnic group.cryptolect
English
Noun
(en noun)- Cockney rhyming slang developed originally from the cryptolects of London’s thieves and vagabonds.
Derived terms
* cryptolectalReferences
* “cryptolect, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (draft entry, March 2006)