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Word: Dialect
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century (denoting the art of investigating the truth of opinions): from French dialecte, or via Latin from Greek dialektos ‘discourse, way of speaking’, from dialegesthai ‘converse with’ (see dialogue)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdʌɪəlɛkt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group
Short Definition:particular form of language which is peculiar to specific region
Examples:- the Lancashire dialect seemed like a foreign language
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