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

Chaldee :: Chaldee (n.) The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea..

Patois :: Patois (n.) A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech.

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..

Aeolian :: Aeolian (a.) Of or pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; aeolic; as, the Aeolian dialect..

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

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

Scotch :: Scotch (n.) The dialect or dialects of English spoken by the people of Scotland.

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..

Hellenistically :: Hellenistically (adv.) According to the Hellenistic manner or dialect.

Plattdeutsch :: Plattdeutsch (n.) The modern dialects spoken in the north of Germany, taken collectively; modern Low German. See Low German, under German..

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..

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

Ionic :: Ionic (n.) The Ionic dialect; as, the Homeric Ionic..

Dialectics :: Dialectics (n.) That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; the science or art of discriminating truth from error; logical discussion.

Ladin :: Ladin (n.) A Romansch dialect spoken in some parts of Switzerland and the Tyrol.

Dialectic :: Dialectic (a.) Alt. of Dialectica.

Lingo :: Lingo (n.) Language; speech; dialect.

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