English

Etymology

From Greek dialektos, conversation

Noun

1. A variety of a language (specifically, often a spoken variety) that is characteristic of a particular area, community or group, often with relatively minor differences in vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation.

   A language is a dialect with an army and a navy

Note

• The difference between a language and a dialect is not always clear, but it is generally considered that people who speak different dialects can understand each other, while people who speak different languages cannot. Compare species in the biological sense.

Translations

• Bulgarian: диалект m
• Catalan: dialecte m
• Chinese: 方言
• Dutch: dialect n
• Finnish: murre, aluemurre
• French: dialecte m
• German: Dialekt m
• Hungarian: Nyelvjárás
• Indonesian: dialek
• Italian: dialetto m
• Japanese: 方言 (ほうげん, hōgen)
• Korean: 사투리 (saturi)
• Latin: dialectos f
• Portuguese: dialeto (Brazil), dialecto (Portugal)
• Slovak: nárečie n
• Spanish: dialecto m
• Swedish: dialekt c

See also

• Wikipedia article on dialect

Dutch

dialect n

1. dialect