"similect" meaning in All languages combined

See similect on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: similects [plural]
Etymology: Coined by Anna Mauranen in a 2012 paper, from similar + -lect, modelled on dialect, etc. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|similar|lect}} similar + -lect Head templates: {{en-noun}} similect (plural similects)
  1. (linguistics) A variety of a language spoken by people who have a different first language, with features transferred from the first language in parallel by individual speakers rather than by a cohesive group. Categories (topical): Linguistics

Inflected forms

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