Dialects
The term dialect (from Latin dialectus, dialectos, from the Ancient Greek word διάλεκτος, diálektos, "discourse", from διά, diá, "through" and λέγω, légō, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena: One usage refers to a variety of a language that is a characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers. Under this definition, the dialects or varieties of a particular language are closely related and, despite their differences, are most often largely mutually intelligible, especially if close to one another on the dialect continuum. The term is applied most often …
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UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 7 April 2024 English
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CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 8 March 2024 English
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physical boundaries. There are over 700 languages/dialects with variations from one mountain ridge to another …
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