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A [[lect]] is any variety of a [[language]], regardless of the kind of variation (social, regional, diachronic, etc.)

===Subtypes===
*[[chronolect]]
*[[dialect]]
*[[idiolect]]
*[[isolect]]
*[[sociolect]]

===Origin===
The term was created in the 20th century from ''dialect'' by taking away the element ''dia-''.

===Other languages===
German [[Lekt]]

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