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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The language variant used by a family when speaking among themselves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Synonyms: ecolect, familiolect, microdialect
Antonyms: none provided
History
From family + -lect.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
