dialect
noun
[ ˈdʌɪəlɛkt ]
• a particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
• "the Lancashire dialect seemed like a foreign language"
Similar:
regional language,
local language,
local tongue,
local speech,
local parlance,
variety of language,
vernacular,
patois,
non-standard language,
idiom,
regionalisms,
localisms,
provincialisms,
lingo,
local lingo,
-ese,
-speak,
acrolect,
basilect,
sociolect,
idiolect,
Origin:
mid 16th century (denoting the art of investigating the truth of opinions): from French dialecte, or via Latin from Greek dialektos ‘discourse, way of speaking’, from dialegesthai ‘converse with’ (see dialogue).
