dialect
Example Sentences
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He was a keen student of dialect; doing movies in the South, he meandered down backroads, learning just the right way to frame a question in rural Mississippi or deliver a compliment in west Texas.
From Los Angeles Times
The first two books have sold more than 18 million copies in 115 languages and dialects around the world.
From BBC
She whet his palate with detailed reports dissecting the southern Italian dialect spoken by his grandmother.
He jumped at the chance to speak in their local dialect, joking that his north Wales family always sounded like they were "running out of breath".
From BBC
When the British arrived in 1788, we are told, the continent was home to “more than 250 language groups and over 500 dialects, each with its own unique culture, language, and kinship structure.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
