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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Langue D''oil :: Langue d'oil () The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for yes was oil, F. oui)..
Speech :: Speech (n.) A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect..
Manx :: Manx (n.) The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic..
Doric :: Doric (n.) The Doric dialect.
Plattdeutsch :: Plattdeutsch (n.) The modern dialects spoken in the north of Germany, taken collectively; modern Low German. See Low German, under German..
Tungusic :: Tungusic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Tunguses; as, the Tungusic dialects..
Ionic :: Ionic (n.) The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic..
Hellenistically :: Hellenistically (adv.) According to the Hellenistic manner or dialect.
Dialect :: Dialect (n.) Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.
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..
Idioticon :: Idioticon (n.) A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary..
Transdialect :: Transdialect (v. t.) To change or translate from one dialect into another.
Subdichotomy :: Subdialect (n.) A subordinate dialect.
Dialectically :: Dialectically (adv.) In a dialectical manner.
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..
Doric :: Doric (a.) Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect..
Chaldee :: Chaldee (n.) The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea..
Armorican :: Armorican (n.) The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times..
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..
Aeolic :: Aeolic (a.) Aeolian, 1; as, the Aeolic dialect; the Aeolic mode..
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