Dialect Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.
Dialect The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned.
dialect 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"
dialect atlas an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features
dialect geography the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features