dialect

Characters speak with a more casual, modern dialect.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

The choral writing, in Sardinian dialect, reflects the traditional canto a tenore, giving it an earthy, ritualistic flavor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Faizi said "tasks have been divided between men and women" for generations in the Parun Valley, where residents speak their own dialect.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Street signs are presented in both Italian and German, but the main language is a German dialect.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

The London dialect became the standard of education, government, and business, and it was also the dialect of better-educated and more affluent speakers throughout the Anglosphere.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

What began as an attempt to unify the Chinese community in Singapore has proven so effective that, some argue, it has driven dialects like Teochew, Hokkien, Cantonese and Hakka into an irreversible decline.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

But Twain’s greatest discovery was his gloriously unshackled literary style, which was inspired by local dialects and liberated from European refinements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Ms. Fridland cites scholars who suggest its origins can be found in the nonrhotic West African dialects brought to the U.S. by enslaved people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

And Brit Award winner Rosalía sings in 14 dialects on her latest album, Lux.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

His voice had grown soft, and he had merged many accents and dialects into his own speech, so that his speech did not seem foreign anywhere.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck