L-complex

English Noun en linguistics en dialect continuum. en 1981 A linguistic atlas of the Philippines Curtis McFarland 9 If on the other hand there are speech varieties in the group which are not mutually intelligible with some other members ― like A and C in the example above ― then the group is defined as an L-complex. en 2013 The Khoesan Languages Rainer Vossen 9 !Xun can be described as an L-complex, that is, as a cluster of speech forms that are linked by a chain of mutual intelligibility, but speakers at the extreme ends of the chain do not understand one another.