Word Type

Noun

The word "dialect" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

dialect island dialect levelling dialectal dialectic dialectical dialecticism dialecting dialectism dialectless dialectologist dialectology dialectometrics dialectometry grapholect interdialect intradialect lect microdialect regionalect

Context

computing linguistics ornithology pejorative programming

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

non-standard speech

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Kansai dialect Urtsun dialect dialect chain dialect continuum eye dialect nondialect nonstandard dialect regional dialect social dialect standard dialect subdialect superdialect supradialect transdialect vernacular dialect

Type Of (IsA)

natural language non standard speech

Related Terms

chronolect cryptolect dialectally dialectical dialectician dialectics dialogue ecolect ethnolect familect geolect idiolect regiolect sociolect topolect

Related Terms

bavarian cantonese chinese dialectally dialectical dialectician dialectics dialogue ethnolect german idiolect language lect mandarin minority programming language regional sociolect standardize standardized variant vocalizations

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