OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 62

dialect

/ˈdaɪ.əˌlɛkt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dialecto
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.
And in addition, many dialects of English make no morphological distinction between Adjectives and Adverbs, and thus use Adjectives in contexts where the standard language requires…
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