dialects
/ˈdaɪ.əˌlɛkts/IPA: /D AY1 AH0 L EH0 K T S/
- 1
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.
- 2
Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.
- 3
A language existing only in an oral or non-standardized form, especially a language spoken in a developing country or an isolated region.
syn:vernacular - 4
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, Cantonese as contrasted with Mandarin Chinese, or Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
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A variant of a non-standardized programming language.
“Home computers in the 1980s had many incompatible dialects of BASIC.”
- 6
A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.
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