Definition of Dialects. Meaning of Dialects. Synonyms of Dialects

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Definition of Dialects

Dialect
Dialect Di"a*lect, n. [F. dialecte, L. dialectus, fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to converse, discourse. See Dialogue.] 1. Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech. This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect. Bunyan. The universal dialect of the world. --South. 2. 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. In the midst of this Babel of dialects there suddenly appeared a standard English language. --Earle. [Charles V.] could address his subjects from every quarter in their native dialect. --Prescott. Syn: Language; idiom; tongue; speech; phraseology. See Language, and Idiom.

Meaning of Dialects from wikipedia

- whether two varieties are dialects of the same language or dialects of different languages. The terms "language" and "dialect" are not necessarily mutually...
- language as well as the non-standardized dialects, including intermediate forms between vernacular dialects and the standard. Some linguists avoid the...
- regions, several local dialects exist: within the Northern region, there is a division between the Yorkshire dialects, the Geordie dialect (spoken around Newcastle...
- written in dialects of the capital (Nara) and eastern ****an, but other dialects were not recorded. The recorded features of eastern dialects were rarely...
- Chinese language dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the...
- shrank. Large dialects such as the East Pomeranian dialect, most varieties of Silesian German, Prussian dialects and Bohemian German dialects disappeared...
- and grammatical constructions. Many different dialects can be identified based on these factors. Dialects can be classified at broader or narrower levels:...
- Kaisikseen. Finnish dialects Western dialects Southwest Finnish dialects Proper Finnish dialects Northern dialect group Southern dialect group Southwest Finnish...
- Quanzhou dialects and Zhangzhou dialects) Amoy dialect (廈門腔; Ē-mn̂g khiuⁿ) Tong'an dialect (同安腔; Tâng-oaⁿ khiuⁿ) (Transitionary with Quanzhou dialect) Guankou...
- variety of local dialects exist. The following are some languages closely related to Persian, or in some cases are considered dialects: Luri (or Lori)...