L-complex

Noun

1. Synonym of dialect continuum.
   • 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. - 1981, Curtis...
   • !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. - 2013,...

   Synonyms: dialect continuum