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Ethnolect vs Idiolect - What's the difference?

ethnolect | idiolect | Related terms |

Idiolect is a related term of ethnolect.



As nouns the difference between ethnolect and idiolect

is that ethnolect is a language variety specific to an ethnic group while idiolect is the language variant used by a specific individual.

ethnolect

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A language variety specific to an ethnic group.
    • Ebonics is an ethnolect of African Americans.

    Derived terms

    * ethnolectal * multiethnolect

    Related terms

    * dialect * idiolect * sociolect * ecolect * cryptolect

    idiolect

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) The language variant used by a specific individual.

    • Derived terms

    * idiolectic * idiolectical

    Related terms

    * dialect * ecolect * ethnolect * sociolect