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nonstandard dialect

nonstandard dialect noun: any spoken variety of a language that deviates from the socially dominant or prestigious dialect.

Noun

nonstandard dialect (plural nonstandard dialects)

  1. Any spoken variety of a language that deviates from the socially dominant or prestigious dialect.

Synonyms of nonstandard dialect

Antonyms

Forms of nonstandard dialect

pluralnonstandard dialects

Questions about nonstandard dialect

What does nonstandard dialect mean?
Nonstandard dialect means any spoken variety of a language that deviates from the socially dominant or prestigious dialect.
What part of speech is nonstandard dialect?
Nonstandard dialect is a noun.
What is the plural of nonstandard dialect?
The plural of nonstandard dialect is nonstandard dialects.

Words near nonstandard dialect in the dictionary

  1. nonstampable
  2. nonstamped
  3. nonstandard
  4. nonstandard analysis
  5. nonstandard appreciable
  6. nonstandard dialect
  7. nonstandard dialects
  8. nonstandard item
  9. nonstandard items
  10. nonstandard number
  11. nonstandard numbers

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