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Basilect
[1960s: from Greek básis (lowest) step, and -lect as in dialect]. (1) The variety of language in a
post-creole continuum most different from the standard or superstrate language: for example, Jamaican
Creole as opposed to standard English. (2) The least prestigious variety of a language, such as Gutter
Glasgow in Scotland and Brooklyn in New York City. See Dialect, Lect. [Language]. S.R.
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