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dialect

Also known as dialects

A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standardized varieties as well as vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardized varieties, such as those used in developing countries or isolated areas. The dialects of the same language are mainly distinguished from each other by differences in linguistic features such as phonology, morphology, syntax and vocabulary.

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A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people, ranging from standardized forms to vernacular or non-standardized varieties found in developing countries or isolated areas. Dialects of the same language differ from each other primarily in their phonology, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary.

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Commons category: Dialects
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Standard and nonstandard dialects
Dialect as linguistic variety of a language<span class="anchor" id="Regiolect"></span>
Difference between dialects and languages
Linguistic distance
Mutual intelligibility
Sociolinguistic definitions
Dialect and language clusters
Political factors
Terminology<span class="anchor" id="languoid"></span>
Colloquial meaning of dialect
Dialect and accent
Examples
Arabic
German
Italy
The Balkans
Lebanon
Malay
North Africa
Ukraine
Moldova
Greater China
Hindi
See also
Selected list of articles on dialects
Notes
References
External links

The non-standard dialects of a language with a writing system will operate at different degrees of distance from the standardized written form. An oral dialect or idiolect may be portrayed in written form with eye dialect.