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  2. Dialect - Wikipedia

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    In the Language Survey Reference Guide issued by SIL International, who produce Ethnologue, a dialect cluster is defined as a central variety together with a collection of varieties whose speakers can understand the central variety at a specified threshold level (usually between 70% and 85%) or higher. It is not required that peripheral ...

  3. List of dialects of English - Wikipedia

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    Butler English: (also Bearer English or Kitchen English), once an occupational dialect, now a social dialect. Hinglish: a growing macaronic hybrid use of English and Indian languages. Regional and local Indian English. East Region: Odia English, Bhojpuriya English, Assamese English, Bengali English, North-East Indian English etc.

  4. The English Dialect Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Wright had hundreds of informants ("correspondents") and borrowed from thousands of written sources, mainly glossaries published by the English Dialect Society in the later 19th century, but also many literary texts written in dialect. In contrast to most of his sources, Wright pursued a scholarly linguistic method, providing full evidence of ...

  5. Category:Dialects of English - Wikipedia

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    Language portal; This category contains both accents and dialects specific to groups of speakers of the English language. General pronunciation issues that are not specific to a single dialect are categorized under the English phonology category.

  6. Category:Dialects by language - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Dialects by language" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Albanian dialects;

  7. Dialectology - Wikipedia

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    Dialectology (from Greek διάλεκτος, dialektos, "talk, dialect"; and -λογία, -logia) is the scientific study of dialects: subsets of languages.Though in the 19th century a branch of historical linguistics, dialectology is often now considered a sub-field of, or subsumed by, sociolinguistics. [1]

  8. List of prestige dialects - Wikipedia

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    The Bulacan dialect is sometimes held as a higher standard for literary and artistic purposes. Telugu – The standard form is based on the dialect and accent as spoken in Krishna District. In Hyderabad, the Telugu is heavily influenced by Urdu [18] Thai – Standard Thai is based on the dialect of the educated classes of Bangkok, in Central ...

  9. Subdialect - Wikipedia

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    Subdialect (from Latin sub-, "under", and Ancient Greek διάλεκτος, diálektos, "discourse") is a linguistic term designating a dialectological category between the levels of dialect and idiolect. Subdialects are basic subdivisions of a dialect. [1] Subdialects can be divided further, ultimately down to idiolects.