noun

topolect

topolect · topolects

тополект, фанъянь

Topolekt

The speech form, variety of a particular place or regionThe speech form, variety (lect) of a particular place or region.

» Some of my neighbours are illiterate in their native Sinitic topolect, as the writing is not alphabetic. It is Cantonese.

Meaning

2 senses

The speech form, variety (lect) of a particular place or region.
Topolekt
тополе́ктtopolékt, фанъя́ньfanʺjánʹ
A regional variety of Chinese; especially a lect other than Standard Mandarin.

Examples

3 sentences

Some of my neighbours are illiterate in their native Sinitic topolect, as the writing is not alphabetic. It is Cantonese.
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Read the dissertation "Writing Taiwanese: The Pe̍h-ōe-jī Romanization and Identity Construction in Taiwan," about the Hokkien Sinitic topolect.
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"Peh-oe-ji, Childish Writing?" by Wi-vun Taiffalo Chiung is an article about the orthography of the Hokkien Sinitic topolect.
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

speech-form or lect of a particular place:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

speech-form or lect of a particular place:

Origin

Combination of topo- (“place”) + -lect (“[language] variety”). Attested since the 1960s, b

Combination of topo- (“place”) + -lect (“[language] variety”). Attested since the 1960s, but rare until its introduction by sinologist Victor Mair in 1991 to distinguish Chinese 方言 (fāngyán) from English dialect.

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