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dialects

NOUN

local speech

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accent idiom jargon language lingo patois pronunciation slang terminology tongue vernacular vocabulary

STRONG

argot cant localism patter provincialism regionalism

Antonyms

STRONGEST

standard

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

The world's biggest US AI chatbots do not work in all of India's 22 official languages - let alone the hundreds of dialects that exist within them.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

A gifted linguist, she soon mastered Mayan dialects.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

The current north-south divide is marked by accents and dialects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The dialect of Yiddish spoken in Romania was a lot more similar to other Eastern dialects than it was to the kind spoken in Holland.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros