Dialect

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Note 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Derivatives 1.4 Related terms 1.5 See also 2 Dutch

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (dialektos) "conversation, the language of a country or a place or a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language", from διαλέγομαι (dialegomai) "to participate in a dialogue", from διά (dia) "inter, through" + λέγειν (legein) "to speak".

Noun

1. A variety of a language (specifically, often a spoken variety) that is characteristic of a particular area, community or group, often with relatively minor differences in vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation.

   A language is a dialect with an army and a navy

Note

• The difference between a language and a dialect is not always clear, but it is generally considered that people who speak different dialects can understand each other, while people who speak different languages cannot. Compare species in the biological sense.

Translations

Bulgarian: диалект m Catalan: dialecte m Chinese: 方言 Dutch: dialect n Finnish: murre, aluemurre French: dialecte m German: Dialekt m Greek: διάλεκτος [ðiˈale̞ˌkto̞s] f Hungarian: Nyelvjárás Indonesian: dialek Italian: dialetto m

Japanese: 方言 (ほうげん, hōgen) Korean: 사투리 (saturi) Latin: dialectos f Portuguese: dialeto (Brazil), dialecto (Portugal) Slovak: nárečie n Spanish: dialecto m Swedish: dialekt c

Derivatives

• dialectal
• dialectally
• dialectic
• dialectical
• dialectician
• dialectics

Related terms

• sociolect
• idiolect
• dialogue

See also

• Wikipedia article on dialect

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Dutch

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