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dialect - English dictionary definition

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  1. Dialect  Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.
  2. 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.
  3. 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"
  4. dialect atlas  an atlas showing the distribution of distinctive linguistic features
  5. dialect geography  the study of the geographical distribution of linguistic features


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