dialect
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noun- 1.
(strict sense)(linguistics, strict sense) A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
Đồng nghĩa: patois
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(broadly)(linguistics, broad sense) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.
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(derogatory)Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.
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(colloquial, offensive)A language existing only in an oral or non-standardized form, especially a language spoken in a developing country or an isolated region.
Đồng nghĩa: vernacular
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(computing, programming) A variant of a non-standardized programming language.
Home computers in the 1980s had many incompatible dialects of BASIC.
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(ornithology) A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.
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From Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος, from διαλέγομαι (to participate in a dialogue), from διά (inter, through) + λέγω (to speak); dia-.