lectal
adjEtymology From lect + -al.
1
Of or relating to a lect.
- the lectal area
- [M]y use of the term "Indian English" also takes an inclusive attitude to questions of competence, linguistic domain, and lectal continua.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson Jobson: Towards a new lexicography for Indian English”, in English World-Wide, →DOI, page 293:
- Derived terms
- multilectal