- plural of dialect.
dialects
Example Sentences
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“I don’t speak their dialects, but I speak Taiwanese.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Quebeckers accused him, among other things, of “glottophobia”—prejudice against dialects or accents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Still, young Singaporeans have shown growing interest in connecting with their heritage, from learning the dwindling dialects of their grandparents to taking lessons and organising trips to ancestral hometowns in China.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
But Tan Ying Ying, an associate professor at Nanyang Technological University who studies dialects, isn't optimistic that this will reverse the trend.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Each of those countries has its own dialects of English.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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