Definition of dialect

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

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Armorican :: Armorican (n.) The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times..
Dialectician :: Dialectician (n.) One versed in dialectics; a logician; a reasoner.
Brogue :: Brogue (v. t.) A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.
Tungusic :: Tungusic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects..
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..
Flemish :: Flemish (n.) The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders..
Dialectic :: Dialectic (n.) Same as Dialectics.
Dialector :: Dialector (n.) One skilled in dialectics.
Manx :: Manx (n.) The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic..
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..
Patois :: Patois (n.) A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.
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..
Pali :: Pali (n.) A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc..
Jargon :: "Jargon (n.) Confused, unintelligible language; gibberish; hence, an artificial idiom or dialect; cant language; slang..
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..
Rabbinic :: Rabbinic (n.) The language or dialect of the rabbins; the later Hebrew.
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)..
Aeolic :: Aeolic (a.) Aeolian, 1; as, the Aeolic dialect; the Aeolic mode..
Subdichotomy :: Subdialect (n.) A subordinate dialect.
Scotch :: Scotch (n.) The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.
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