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Is there a word, similar to idiolect or sociolect that means "language spoken within a family"? I thought it might be "familiolect" but that gets a suspiciously low number of google hits, non of them from reputable linguistics sites.

Anybody know of an accepted term for this withi linguistics?


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Perhaps an ecolect (link) from Greek oikos 'house'.


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I put the concept into Onelook's reverse dictionary, and the only reasonable word that came up was "vernacular," which obviously isn't what you mean. I really wish there were a better reverse dictionary. In this day and age of Internet capabilities, I am surprised there isn't, but I've not found one.
 
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David Crystal on DCBlog says the word is familect.


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