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dialect island

dialect island noun: an enclave where a dialect is physically isolated from similar dialects.

Noun

dialect island (plural dialect islands)

  1. An enclave where a dialect is physically isolated from similar dialects.

Forms of dialect island

pluraldialect islands

Questions about dialect island

What does dialect island mean?
Dialect island means an enclave where a dialect is physically isolated from similar dialects.
What part of speech is dialect island?
Dialect island is a noun.
What is the plural of dialect island?
The plural of dialect island is dialect islands.

Words near dialect island in the dictionary

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

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