dialect
Noun
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The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people (synset 107170369)
"the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"domain member usage:
- bang, spang - leap, jerk, bang
- euphonious - (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident
- forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards - at or to or toward the front
is a type of: non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech communitysubtypes:- eye dialect - the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker
- patois - a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard
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