- A post-creole
continuum (or
simply creole continuum) is a
dialect continuum of
varieties of a
creole language between those most and
least similar to the...
- (escaped slaves) in the 18th century.
Mesolectal forms are
similar to very
basilectal Belizean Kriol.
Jamaican Patois exists mainly as a
spoken language and...
- Notably, in the
Francophone Caribbean, the
analogous term for
local basilectal languages is créole (see also
Jamaican English and
Jamaican Creole). Antillean...
- and Tobago. It is
distinct from
Tobagonian Creole –
particularly at the
basilectal level – and from
other Lesser Antillean English creoles.
English is the...
-
grammar in
Malaysian English may
become simplified in the
mesolectal and
basilectal varieties. For example,
articles and past-tense
markers may sometimes...
-
Aboriginal English vowel pronunciations,
especially in more
basilectal accents. More
basilectal varieties tend to
merge a
number of vowels, up to the point...
-
existence of a
category of
habituals in the
native Caribbean languages at the
basilectal level shows that over time,
Black people learned English but kept the...
- Hashkibenu), but he is now
consistently pronounced in
those communities.
Basilectal Modern Hebrew also
shares that characteristic, but it is
considered substandard...
- pronunciation, and many fall
under different lectal variations (i.e.
basilectal, mesolectal, acrolectal). Some
Philippine languages (e.g. Ibanag, Itawis...
-
English and
basilectal Singlish. At this level, a
number of
features not
found in
standard English begin to emerge.[citation needed]
Basilectal: This is...
