Definition of dialect

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

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Dialectical :: Dialectical (a.) Pertaining to a dialect or to dialects.
Scotch :: Scotch (n.) The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.
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..
Rabbinic :: Rabbinic (n.) The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew.
Dialect :: Dialect (n.) Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.
Langue D''oil :: Langue d'oil () The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for yes was oil, F. oui)..
Prakrit :: Prakrit (n.) Any one of the popular dialects descended from, or akin to, Sanskrit; -- in distinction from the Sanskrit, which was used as a literary and learned language when no longer spoken by the people. Pali is one of the Prakrit dialects..
Dialectal :: Dialectal (a.) Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant..
Chaldaism :: Chaldaism (n.) An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.
Armorican :: Armorican (n.) The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times..
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..
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..
Flemish :: Flemish (n.) The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders..
Dialectology :: Dialectology (n.) That branch of philology which is devoted to the consideration of dialects.
Targum :: Targum (n.) A translation or paraphrase of some portion of the Old Testament Scriptures in the Chaldee or Aramaic language or dialect.
Glossary :: Glossary (n.) A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words..
Chaldee :: Chaldee (n.) The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea..
Provincial :: Provincial (a.) Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect..
Dialectically :: Dialectically (adv.) In a dialectical manner.
Manx :: Manx (n.) The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic..
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