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dialects
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dialect
n.
form of a language spoken in a certain area or district; subordinate variety of a language
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Dialect
The term dialect (from Latin dialectus, dialectos, from the ancient Greek word διάλεκτος diálektos, "discourse", from diá, "through" and legō, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.
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dialect
Noun
1. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"
(synonym) idiom, accent
(hypernym) non-standard speech
(hyponym) eye dialect
(class) euphonious
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dialect
n.
nářečí
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dialect
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