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Noun: dialect  'dI-u`lekt
  1. The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
    "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"
    - idiom, accent

Derived forms: dialects

See also: dialectal

Type of: non-standard speech

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