matrilect noun2 •The language of the dominant local culture, in the situation where a pidgin or creole is formed from the language of the dominant culture and another outside introduced language.The highest level of good English has been called the acrolect; the lowest level of poor speech, the basilect; both are contrasted with the matrilect, the general native language. — 1977 •The idiolect of the mother or the mother's clan in a household where the mother and the father speak different idiolects. formsmatrilects
