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subdialectal

subdialectal adjective: relating to a subdialect.

Adjective

subdialectal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a subdialect.
    • It should also be pointed out that, while the western group as a whole enjoys more prestige than the eastern group, numerous subdialectal differences exist within the West.1980, Lawrence M. Foley, Phonological variation in western Cherokee, →ISBN, page 206

Origin of subdialectal

From subdialect + -al.

Words formed from subdialectal

Questions about subdialectal

What does subdialectal mean?
Subdialectal means relating to a subdialect.
What part of speech is subdialectal?
Subdialectal is an adjective.

Words near subdialectal in the dictionary

  1. subdiagonals
  2. subdiagram
  3. subdiagrams
  4. subdial
  5. subdialect
  6. subdialectal
  7. subdialectally
  8. subdialects
  9. subdialog
  10. subdialogs
  11. subdialogue

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