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dialect
noun(di-a-lect)
a regional variety of language distinguished by features of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation from other regional varieties and constituting together with them a single language
dialect
noun(di-a-lect)
one of two or more cognate languages
dialect
noun(di-a-lect)
a variety of a language used by the members of a group
dialect
noun(di-a-lect)
linguistic atlas
dialect
noun(di-a-lect)
linguistic geography
dialect
noun(di-a-lect)
a publication containing a set of maps on which speech variations are recorded —called also dialect atlas
dialect
noun(di-a-lect)
local or regional variations of a language or dialect studied as a field of knowledge —called also dialect geography
dialect
noun(di-a-lect)
a dialect of a language that is a regional subvariety of a more widely spoken dialect

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