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Categories: Linguistics terminology, All Wikipedia articles needing clarification, Dialects, Varieties of Chinese, Language
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dialect  idiom  accent  bidialectism  dialect and language
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The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people WordNet 3.0
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The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The term dialect can refer to either of two distinctly different types of linguistic phenomena: One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. Wikipedia
Variety of a spoken or written language. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Geographically- or socially-determined language variety Wikidata
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. Wiktionary
Particular variety of a language. Wiktionary (translation)
A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc. Wiktionary
Language variety. Wiktionary (translation)
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The immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
He has a strong German accent WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
It has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet