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dialect islands

dialect islands is the plural of dialect island.

Meaning of dialect island

Noun

dialect island (plural dialect islands)

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

Questions about dialect islands

What is dialect islands the plural of?
Dialect islands is the plural of dialect island.

Words near dialect islands in the dictionary

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

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