How to use dialect in a sentence

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• The vowel of lot has a back vowel in most dialects of England.From the entry back
• The English word dress has a front vowel in most dialects.From the entry front
• The verb can is defective in most English dialects, as it lacks an infinitive.From the entry defective verb
• In several dialects of Central German, the cluster -nd- has been velarized to -ng-.From the entry velarize
• She spoke formal English, without any dialect.From the entry formal
• Some dialects of a language may use a certain term or phrase in a phatic way, even if other dialects don't.From the entry phatic
• His mother tongue is a relatively conservative dialect of Aramaic.From the entry mother tongue
• A small number of linguists believe that Cimbrian is not an Austro-Bavarian dialect but a relict of Lombardic.From the entry relict
• For quotations using this term, see Citations:eye dialect.From the entry eye dialect
• Betacism is a fairly common phenomenon: it has taken place in Greek, Hebrew, Spanish, and some Portuguese dialects, among others.From the entry betacism
• As late PIE evolved and split into dialects, many of the old root nouns and consonant-stems were thematicized.From the entry thematicize
• Nowadays, only the nothern dialect retains inverse number.From the entry inverse number
• His dialect was distinctly Costa Rican.From the entry Costa Rican
• There are many Finland Swedish dialects.From the entry Finland Swedish
• Roughly two-thirds of Americans default to the General American accent, with other dialects like Southern, AAVE, and Chicano usually being considered lower prestige outside of entertainment and politics.From the entry American
• Having originated in a satem Indo-European dialect area, some innovations such as the ruki sound rule progressed over the history of Balto-Slavic, but did not fully "complete" outside of Slavic.From the entry Balto-Slavic
• The realization of -nd as -nn- is not uncommon in the Nuorese dialects.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 79. From the entry realization
• All naturally occurring dialects of any language have strong communicative value: That’s how they came to be.2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Preliminaries: Components of Language Structure” (chapter 2), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press…. From the entry come to be
• Each Nation has its own language that may be made up of several dialects.2021 September 28, Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador, Document regarding Bill 96, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2024. From the entry Nehirowimowin
• Fellow students mocked him on his first day for knowing only Ucwalmicwts, a dialect of St̓át̓imcets.2021 June 11, Rhianna Schmunk, “Catching tears”, in CBC News. From the entry St̓át̓imcets
• The user chooses the dialect they wish and the gender of the speaker.2020, Neasa Ní Chiaráin, Ailbhe Ní Chasaide, “The Potential of Text-to-Speech Synthesis in Computer-Assisted Language Learning: A Minority…. From the entry prooflisten
• Ucwalmícwts is one of two Sƛ’aƛ’imxǝc (St̓át̓imcets) dialects and belongs to the Interior Salish linguistic family.2020, Burnaby Indigenous Education Team, Lochdale’s Indigenous Language club. From the entry Ucwalmícwts
• Personally, I believe it was more of a regional dialect and NOT because I was poorly educated.2019 February 25, Paul Turner, quoting Patty West, “Paul Turner: Hello, modern-day Spokane children. I scoff at your puny snow forts.”, in…. From the entry Warshington
• Karadžić based the codified norm on a common dialect, paradoxically stemming from Herzegovina.2016, Barbora Moormann-Kimáková, “Explaining Success and Failure of Language Regimes”, in Language-related Conflicts in Multinational and…. From the entry Vukovian
• However, the dialect of the next three children born in private hospitals was registered as Khek (Hakka).2015, Jessieca Leo, Global Hakka: Hakka Identity in the Remaking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 182. From the entry Khek
• Homalco is the northernmost dialect of the language known in the literature as Mainland Comox.2015, John Hamilton Davis, “A Trio of Phonetic Details in Homalco”, in Natalie Weber, Erin Guntly, Zoe Lam, and Sihwei Chen, editors…. From the entry Homalco
• The pronunciation of "eight" in Hokkien (Chinese dialect) sounds similar to "Prosperity".2014, Jane Lai, “Yusheng designs”, in pinterest.com, retrieved 01 Apr 2016. From the entry huat ah
• The wretch had the pernicious habit of writing in Milanese dialect.2012, Rudolph Altrocchi, PhD; Edited by Paul and John Altrocchi, The Playful Spirit: Italian Humor - Page 130. From the entry wretchful
• Hessian, Thuringian, Silesian) to the High German dialects of the south (e.g.2011, George L. Campbell, Gareth King, The Routledge Concise Compendium of the World's Languages, 2nd ed. (1st ed. 1995), p. 238, inside…. From the entry pomeranian
• Barwar and most other NENA dialects is again a development internal to NENA.2008, Geoffrey Khan, “Introduction”, in HdO: The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar (Handbook of Oriental Studies; Section 1 (The Near and…. From the entry ergative
• This is openly a characteristics of Chaghatay and other Eastern Turkish languages and dialects.2007, László Károly, Turcology in Turkey: selected papers, page 458. From the entry Turkish
• To these must be added the Ladino language spoken in Friuli (called Friulano in Italian or—in dialect—Furlans).2007, Mark F. Gilbert, Robert K. Nilsson, Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy, 2nd ed. (1st ed. 1999), p. 144. From the entry Gallo-Italic
• On the other hand, some dialects of Swiss-German are not context free.2006, Patrick Blackburn, Johan Bos, Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now!, §7.1. From the entry context-free grammar
• Traces of New Orleans' old Yat dialect are still heard around town.2006, Lonely Planet New Orleans. From the entry yat
• In a few years that richly nuanced dialect will be as dead as Sanskrit.2005, John Sutherland, biographical note to H. G. Wells’ The History of Mr Polly (Penguin Classics). From the entry proletarianism
• Dialectologists have produced dialect maps showing different usages in different areas.2005, Margaret Maclagan, “Regional and Social Variation”, in Martin J. Ball, editor, Clinical Sociolinguistics, John Wiley & Sons, page 17. From the entry boss-eyed

Meaning of dialect

1. noun A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).
2. noun A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.
3. noun Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.

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• Dialect in Hindi
• Dialect in Tamil
• Dialect in Marathi
• Dialect in Urdu

Questions about dialect in a sentence

How do you use dialect in a sentence?

Dialect is used as a noun. For example: “Home computers in the 1980s had many incompatible dialects of BASIC.”

What is a short sentence with dialect?

“His dialect was distinctly Costa Rican.”

What does dialect mean?

Dialect means a lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).