dialect
Sign in to saveA dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standardized varieties as well as vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardized varieties, such as those used in developing countries or isolated areas. The dialects of the same language are mainly distinguished from each other by differences in linguistic features such as phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary.
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A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people, ranging from standardized forms to vernacular or non-standardized varieties found in developing countries or isolated areas. Dialects of the same language differ from each other primarily in their phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary.
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- Standard and nonstandard dialects
- Dialect as linguistic variety of a language<span class="anchor" id="Regiolect"></span>
- Difference between dialects and languages
- Linguistic distance
- Mutual intelligibility
- Sociolinguistic definitions
- Dialect and language clusters
- Political factors
- Terminology<span class="anchor" id="languoid"></span>
- Colloquial meaning of dialect
- Dialect and accent
- Examples
- Arabic
- German
- Italy
- The Balkans
- Lebanon
- Malay
- North Africa
- Ukraine
- Moldova
- Greater China
- Hindi
- See also
- Selected list of articles on dialects
- Notes
- References
- External links
A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standardized varieties as well as vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardized varieties, such as those used in developing countries or isolated areas. The dialects of the same language are mainly distinguished from each other by differences in linguistic features such as phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary.
The non-standard dialects of a language with a writing system will operate at different degrees of distance from the standardized written form. An oral dialect or idiolect may be portrayed in written form with eye dialect.