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▸ noun: (linguistics, now deprecated) The retention of certain lexical items in a colonial variety of a language which have fallen into disuse in the original language.
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▸ noun: (linguistics, now deprecated) The retention of certain lexical items in a colonial variety of a language which have fallen into disuse in the original language.
Similar:
heritage language,
denizen,
lect,
idiom,
colonial,
dialect,
neocolonisation,
neo-colonisation,
Lombardish,
Commonwealth English,
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