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dialect::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | accent, idiom |
| Type of | non-standard speech |
| Has types | patois, eye dialect |
| Derivation | dialectal |
the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English.
it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy.
Examples of dialect
dialect
He is conversant in a dialect called Taishan, spoken in parts of southern China.
From the washingtontimes.com
As he told a story, he often imitated the players, speaking in flawless dialect.
From the theatlantic.com
To talk over a poem with him is like getting you to put a sentence into dialect.
From the theatlantic.com
A common fund of Slavic words, almost a Pittsburgh dialect, is finding currency.
From the post-gazette.com
They spoke Fujian's Chinese dialect Hokkien and the national language Putonghua.
From the edition.cnn.com
Troops from one region couldn't understand the dialect of soldiers from another.
From the post-gazette.com
Three Christian villages in Syria still speak an Aramaic dialect, Fassberg said.
From the dailyherald.com
Must have an excellent ear for the Puerto Rican dialect and sing harmonies well.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The main language of the region is Isan, which is a dialect of the Lao language.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"
- The term dialect (from Latin dialectus, dialectos, from the ancient Greek word u03B4u03B9u03ACu03BBu03B5u03BAu03C4u03BFu03C2 diu00E1lektos, "discourse", from u03B4u03B9u03AC diu00E1, "through" and u03BBu03ADu03B3u03C9 legu014D, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.
- A dialect of a programming language is a (relatively small) variation or extension of the language that does not change its intrinsic nature. ...
- Dialect is an interpreted computer programming language created by George Harth as a college class project on compilers. George and Greg DeLozier expanded the base interpreter at Aristar, Inc. The language has graphical user interface (GUI), networking, and object oriented capabilities.
- (dialects) Ashkenazi | Sephardi | Yemenite | Sanaani | Tiberian | Mizrahi | Samaritan Hebrew
- (Dialects) ODIONGANON, SIMARANHON, SIBALENHON, CALATRAVANHON
- (Dialects) The written language is uniform, with very few exception: Adjectives are typically conjugated according to (real) gender in Southern Sweden, not at all in high-prestige varieties in the rest of Sweden, but sometimes according to numerus in Finland.
- A particular variety of language spoken in one place by a distinct group of people. A dialect reflects the colloquialisms, grammatical constructions, distinctive vocabulary, and pronunciations that are typical of a region. ...
- The regional variety of a language, differing from the standard language, in grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation or idiomatic usage.
