Definition of dialect

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Dialect (n.) 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..

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Dialectal :: Dialectal (a.) Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant..
Hellenic :: Hellenic (n.) The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander..
Dialectology :: Dialectology (n.) That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects.
Chaldaism :: Chaldaism (n.) An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.
Dialectician :: Dialectician (n.) One versed in dialectics; a logician; a reasoner.
Cornish :: Cornish (n.) The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall..
Bohemian :: Bohemian (n.) The language of the Czechs (the ancient inhabitants of Bohemia), the richest and most developed of the dialects of the Slavic family..
Romance :: Romance (n.) The languages, or rather the several dialects, which were originally forms of popular or vulgar Latin, and have now developed into Italian. Spanish, French, etc. (called the Romanic languages)..
Dialect :: Dialect (n.) 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..
Idiom :: Idiom (n.) Dialect; a variant form of a language.
Dialector :: Dialector (n.) One skilled in dialectics.
Dialectical :: Dialectical (a.) Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.
Jargon :: "Jargon (n.) Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang..
Chaldaic :: Chaldaic (n.) The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; Chaldee.
Idioticon :: Idioticon (n.) A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary..
Scotch :: Scotch (n.) The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.
Doric :: Doric (n.) The Doric dialect.
Cockneyism :: Cockneyism (n.) The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney..
Provincial :: Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect..
Ladin :: Ladin (n.) A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.
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