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- DictionaryDi·a·lect/ˈdīəˌlek(t)/
noun
- 1. a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group: "this novel is written in the dialect of Trinidad"
20 hours ago · American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, [b] is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. [4] English is the most widely spoken language in the United States and in most circumstances is the de facto common language used in government, education and commerce.
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1 day ago · English dialects are classified as rhotic or non-rhotic depending on whether they elide /r/ like RP or keep it like GA. There is complex dialectal variation in words with the open front and open back vowels /æ ɑː ɒ ɔː/. These four vowels are only distinguished in RP, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
- Manually coded English, (multiple systems)
1 day ago · African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) may be considered a dialect, ethnolect or sociolect. [22] While it is clear that there is a strong historical relationship between AAVE and earlier Southern U.S. dialects, the origins of AAVE are still a matter of debate.
4 days ago · Semitic languages, languages that form a branch of the Afro-Asiatic language phylum. Members of the Semitic group are spread throughout North Africa and Southwest Asia and have played preeminent roles in the linguistic and cultural landscape of the Middle East for more than 4,000 years.
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20 hours ago · Avoid reducing characters to their dialect alone; they should be just as complex and multifaceted as those speaking standard English. Their speech is a part of who they are but does not define ...
3 days ago · German language, official language of both Germany and Austria and one of the official languages of Switzerland. German belongs to the West Germanic group of the Indo-European language family, along with English, Frisian, and Dutch (Netherlandic, Flemish).
1 day ago · Since the days of The English Dialect Dictionary the start of research into dialect has been to collect words and pronunciations from ‘native’ speakers, and to classify, refine, spell, and record them. Brocket and Heslop are the standard reference works used for Northumbrian. aad-farrened – old fashioned : “Ee’s aad-farrened, him”
