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Meanings of dialect in English

Portuguese
dialecto
Catalan
dialecte
Spanish
dialecto

The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.

        dialecto
        Russian
        диалект
        Portuguese
        dialetal
        Spanish
        dialecto
        Catalan
        dialecte

        Geographically- or socially-determined language variety.

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              Usage of dialect in English
              1
              Hands-marrow-lain the Molonglo dialect; as contrasted with marra in the Adelaide.
              Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the ...
              2
              The receptionist that night was new and couldn't quite understand the dialect.
              World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
              3
              He also worked with a dialect coach to learn the Russian language.
              Reuters
              4
              Then they shouted in the Aleut dialect for the hunters to embark.
              Vikings of the Pacific / The Adventures of the Explorers who Cam...
              5
              Yet the version is acknowledged to be in the Alexandrine Greek dialect.
              Companion to the Bible
              6
              Erasmus nodded, and approaching tried his few words of dialect, without success.
              Empire of Ivory
              7
              The soldiers were practiced and efficient and familiar with the local dialect.
              Surrender to the will of the night
              8
              Curiously enough, the different acts are not all in the same dialect.
              A Popular History of the Art of Music / From the Earliest Times ...
              9
              The best thing about Nottingham dialect is how many letters go missing.
              The South African
              10
              The German music is an universal song, sung in a provincial dialect.
              Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis to John S. Dwight; Brook Farm...
              11
              He spoke to Felix in a dialect the latter did not understand.
              After London; Or, Wild England
              12
              We also consider accent and dialect and how these have come about.
              The Guardian
              13
              He was talking in Italian or a Sicilian dialect, Toby wasn't sure.
              Angel time: the songs of the seraphim
              14
              No, I have to request that they speak the Lower Nubian dialect.
              The Memoirs of Cleopatra
              15
              Yesterday afternoon, I asked an ethnologist at the university about Granny's dialect.
              RING
              16
              It is a history imperfectly kept and written in a changing dialect.
              A History of Science — Volume 3
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