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dialect continua

dialect continua is the plural of dialect continuum.

Meaning of dialect continuum

Noun

dialect continuum (plural dialect continuums or dialect continua)

  1. A range of dialects that vary slightly across a geographical area, but whose differences accumulate over a certain distance.
    Synonyms:
    dialect chain

Questions about dialect continua

What is dialect continua the plural of?
Dialect continua is the plural of dialect continuum.

Words near dialect continua in the dictionary

  1. dialdose
  2. dialdoses
  3. dialect
  4. dialect chain
  5. dialect chains
  6. dialect continua
  7. dialect continuum
  8. dialect continuums
  9. dialect island
  10. dialect islands
  11. dialect levelling

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