In linguistics, a chronolect or temporal dialect is a specific speech variety whose characteristics are in particular determined by time-related factors. As such, it can be contrasted with a sociolect, an ethnolect or a geolect. In historical linguistics, a chronolect is set more or less equal to a specific language stage. Many chronolects are extinct or endangered.[citation needed]

The term has been used to describe newly formed political proverbs in Nigeria.

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  • The dictionary definition of chronolect at Wiktionary