noun. undefined

noun. A regional or social variety of a language distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary, especially a variety of speech differing from the standard literary language or speech pattern of the culture in which it exists.

noun. A variety of language that with other varieties constitutes a single language of which no single variety is standard.

noun. The language peculiar to the members of a group, especially in an occupation; jargon.

noun. The manner or style of expressing oneself in language or the arts.

noun. A language considered as part of a larger family of languages or a linguistic branch. Not in scientific use.

noun. Language; speech; mode of speech; manner of speaking.

noun. One of a number of related modes of speech, regarded as descended from a common original; a language viewed in its relation to other languages of the same kindred; the idiom of a district or class, differing from that of other districts or classes.

noun. The idiom of a locality or class, as distinguished from the generally accepted literary language, or speech of educated people.

noun. 4 Dialectic; logic.

To make dialectal.

noun. Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.

noun. The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances

noun. A variety of a language (specifically, often a spoken variety) that is characteristic of a particular area, community or group, often with relatively minor differences in vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation.

noun. A dialect of a language perceived as substandard and wrong.

noun. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

"The second part of my reason for not writing these poems in dialect is the weightier."

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dialectal  dialectic  

non-standard speech  

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