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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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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..

Doric :: Doric (a.) Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect..

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..

Cockneyism :: Cockneyism (n.) The characteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney..

Idioticon :: Idioticon (n.) A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary..

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

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..

Manx :: Manx (n.) The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic..

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

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

Dialectal :: Dialectal (a.) Relating to a dialect; dialectical; as, a dialectical variant..

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

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

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

Chaldaic :: Chaldaic (n.) The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; Chaldee.

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

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)..

Brogue :: Brogue (v. t.) A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.

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

Tungusic :: Tungusic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects..