dialect
A lect as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a…A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
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» Many local dialects seem to be dying out.
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6 senses(strict sense)A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
(broadly)A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.
Dialekt, Mundart
диале́ктdialékt, наре́чиеnaréčije, го́ворgóvor
діале́ктdialékt, нарі́ччяnaríččja, го́вірhóvir
(derogatory)Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.
(colloquial, offensive)A language existing only in an oral or non-standardized form, especially a language spoken in a developing country or an isolated region.
A variant of a non-standardized programming language.
Home computers in the 1980s had many incompatible dialects of BASIC.
A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Examples
266 sentencesMany local dialects seem to be dying out.
Most English dialects lack uvular consonants.
У більшості англійських діалектах немає увулярних приголосних. — deniko
A language is a dialect with a radio station.
Мова — це діалект із радіостанцією. — deniko
ruЯзык – это диалект с радиостанцией. — Ooneykcall
deEine Sprache ist ein Dialekt mit einer Radiostation. — BlundaInte
A language is a dialect with an army and navy.
Мова - це діалект з армією і флотом. — iceman
ruЯзык — это диалект с армией и флотом. — shanghainese
deEine Sprache ist ein Dialekt mit einer Armee und einer Marine. — Esperantostern
A language is a dialect with an army and a navy.
Мова - це діалект з армією і флотом. — iceman
ruЯзык — это диалект с армией и флотом. — shanghainese
deEine Sprache ist ein Dialekt mit einer Armee und einer Marine. — Esperantostern
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Origin
From Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτοςFrom Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos, “conversation, the language of a country or a place or a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “inter, through”) + λέγω (légō, “to speak”); by surface analysis, dia- + -lect.
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