Dialect and Language

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Dialect

Dialect noun - The special terms or expressions of a particular group or field.
Usage example: the promotional team for the new computer used a dialect full of acronyms that the press found difficult to follow
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Synonyms for Dialect
Language is a synonym for dialect in words topic. In some cases you can use "Language" instead a noun "Dialect", when it comes to topics like local speech. popular alternative
Nearby Words: dialectic, dialectics, dialectical, dialectal

Language

Language noun - The stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication.
Usage example: Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and other countries where English is the dominant language
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Synonyms for Language
Dialect is a synonym for language in tongue topic. You can use "Dialect" instead a noun "Language", if it concerns topics such as speech, words, system of words for communication. popular alternative

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old old dialect old language
similar similar dialect similar language
natural natural dialect natural language
formal formal dialect formal language
Other adjectives: standard, original, dead, native, strong, actual, obscure, ancient, archaic, new, strange, different, spoken, local, modern.

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  • A few basic dialect groups remain, but they are highly mutually intelligible, so there is no equivalent to Okinawan, Swiss German or the Scots dialect/language in Russia itself (although more than a hundred other native languages are spoken in Russia, they are not related to Russian).
    Source: Useful Notes / Russian Language
  • For their part, they assume he's speaking some (probably Celtic) language/dialect they're unfamiliar with.
    Source: Altum Videtur
  • A variation of As Long as It Sounds Foreign, it can be quite jarring to those who are familiar with whatever language or dialect is supposed to be native to the speaker.
    Source: Misplaced Accent
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