Sociolect
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In linguistics, a sociolect is the language spoken by a social group, social class or subculture. In this regard it differs from the idiolect, which is the form of a language peculiar to an individual. Sociolect is also distinct from dialect, which is a form of speech peculiar to a certain area. However, dialects often have a particular social status, so that a given variant may be considered simultaneously a dialect and a sociolect. For example, Parisian French is a dialect in that it is peculiar to the city of Paris, but it is a sociolect in that it is the national prestige language, and is used throughout the country by people of high social status.
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br:Sossiolekt da:Sociolekt de:Soziolekt fr:Sociolecte hr:Sociolekt he:סוציולקט nl:Sociolect no:Sosiolekt nn:Sosiolekt pl:Socjolekt pt:Socioleto sv:Sociolekt