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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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Transdialect :: Transdialect (v. t.) To change or translate from one dialect into another.

Subdichotomy :: Subdialect (n.) A subordinate dialect.

Dialector :: Dialector (n.) One skilled in dialectics.

Jargon :: "Jargon (n.) Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang..

Dialect :: Dialect (n.) Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.

Dialectically :: Dialectically (adv.) In a dialectical manner.

Langue D''oc :: Langue d'oc () The dialect, closely akin to French, formerly spoken south of the Loire (in which the word for yes was oc); Provencal..

Dialectic :: Dialectic (a.) Alt. of Dialectica.

Dialectic :: Dialectic (n.) Same as Dialectics.

Rabbinic :: Rabbinic (n.) The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew.

Dialectical :: Dialectical (a.) Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.

Idiom :: Idiom (n.) Dialect; a variant form of a language.

Dialectology :: Dialectology (n.) That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects.

Erse :: Erse (n.) A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, Gaelic..

Pehlevi :: Pehlevi (n.) An ancient Persian dialect in which words were partly represented by their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, and later in religious writings..

Targum :: Targum (n.) A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.

Flemish :: Flemish (n.) The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders..

Doric :: Doric (n.) The Doric dialect.

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)..

Sanskrit :: Sanskrit (n.) The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda..