- plural of dialect.
dialects
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“I don’t speak their dialects, but I speak Taiwanese.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
At the time the Speak Mandarin Campaign was launched, nearly 70% of Singaporeans spoke one of several Chinese dialects at home.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
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
Because the American colonies drew together speakers of so many different English dialects and European languages, the colonists found themselves drawn to an amalgamated tongue, one which would make collaboration in their new environment possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
I had read with awe how the Communists had sent phonetic experts into the vast regions of Russia to listen to the stammering dialects of peoples oppressed for centuries by the czars.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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