dialects
Example Sentences
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The Prespa lakes region is home to herding peoples, the Vlachs and Sarakatsani, who seem to be vanishing, taking their dialects with them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Five episodes were released in Yolngu Matha, a collection of dialects from north-east Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 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
But all those English dialects form only one low-order subgroup of the Germanic language family.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
