Mesolect

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A mesolect is term referring to a register or range of registers of spoken language whose character falls somewhere between the prestige of the acrolect and the informality of the basilect. Mesolectic speech, where it is distinguished from acrolectic speech, is often the most widely spoken form of a language, generally being used by lower and lower-middle classes. Within the context of creole languages, mesolects only appear in instances of a post-creole speech continuum wherein speakers code-switch between various mesolectal levels within the continuum depending on context.