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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Chaldee :: Chaldee (n.) The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea..
Cornish :: Cornish (n.) The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall..
Ionic :: Ionic (n.) The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic..
Romance :: Romance (a.) Of or pertaining to the language or dialects known as Romance.
Dialectical :: Dialectical (a.) Pertaining to dialectics; logical; argumental.
Chaldaism :: Chaldaism (n.) An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.
Aeolic :: Aeolic (a.) Aeolian, 1; as, the Aeolic dialect; the Aeolic mode..
Doric :: Doric (a.) Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect..
Dialectical :: Dialectical (a.) Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects.
Idiom :: Idiom (n.) Dialect; a variant form of a language.
Tungusic :: Tungusic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects..
Scottish :: Scottish (a.) Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect..
Romance :: Romance (n.) A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a heroine; a tale of extravagant adventures, of love, and the like..
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..
Chaldaic :: Chaldaic (n.) The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; Chaldee.
Hellenic :: Hellenic (n.) The dialect, formed with slight variations from the Attic, which prevailed among Greek writers after the time of Alexander..
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..
Dialectal :: Dialectal (a.) Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant..
Dialector :: Dialector (n.) One skilled in dialectics.
Dialectic :: Dialectic (n.) Same as Dialectics.
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