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dialect

Pronunciation: /ˌdijaːˈlɛkt/

“dialect” is a Dutch word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. dialect (language variety)
  2. non-standard dialect; vernacular

Etymology

From Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, dialectus, from Ancient Greek διάλεκτος (diálektos, “conversation, the language of a country or a place or a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language”), from διαλέγομαι (dialégomai, “to participate in a dialogue”), from διά (diá, “inter, through”) + λέγω (légō, “to speak”).

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