dialect

  1. Noun.  (linguistics) A variety of a language (specifically, often a spoken variety) that is characteristic of a particular area, community or group, often with relatively minor differences in vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation.
  2. Noun.  A dialect of a language perceived as substandard and wrong.

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