What does l-complex mean?

l-complex

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

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"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."
"!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."

L-complexes (plural)

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