about dialects of spoken and written languages dialects of programming languages Dialect computing the literary device Eye dialect The term dialect from the Greek language Greek word dialektos , ... The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by other factors, such as social class. ref http www.m w.com dictionary dialect Merriam Webster Online dictionary. ref A dialect that is associated with a particular social class can be termed a sociolect a regional dialect may be termed a regiolect or topolect. The other usage refers to a language socially ... , the traditional native Romance language of Nice, known in French as Ni ard . A dialect is distinguished ... accent is appropriate, not dialect. Other speech varieties include standard language s, which are standardized ... used by an individual are termed an idiolect . Standard and non standard dialect A standard dialect also known as a standardized dialect or standard language is a dialect that is supported by institutions ... forth a correct spoken and written form and an extensive formal literature that employs that dialect ... dialects of the English language . A nonstandard dialect , like a standard dialect, has a complete ... of a nonstandard English dialect is Southern American English or Newfoundland English . no good example ... dialect of the English language. The Dialect Test was designed by Joseph Wright linguist Joseph Wright to compare different English dialects with each other. The term dialect is used in two distinct ways. Dialect or language span id language dialect There is no universally accepted criterion for distinguishing a language from a dialect . A number of rough measures exist, sometimes leading ... Dutch is a dialect of German language German . However, the term dialect always implies a relation between languages if language X is called a dialect, this implies that the speaker considers X a dialect of some other language Y, which then usually is some standard language. Language ... more details
Xuancheng dialect may refer to ifexist Old Xuancheng dialect Old Xuancheng dialect Old Xuancheng dialect , a dialect of Tong Jing Xuanzhou Wu dialects ifexist New Xuancheng dialect New Xuancheng dialect New Xuancheng dialect , a subdialect of Hefei dialect of Lower Yangtze Mandarin Sub dialects Western Huai dialects SIA zh ... more details
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Expand Chinese date June 2011 Chinese t s p H if ng hu Haifeng dialect , Lufeng dialect or Hailufeng dialect is a dialect mostly spoken in Shanwei , Haifeng and Lufeng in Guangdong , China . It is a sub dialect of Min Nan Chinese , and sometimes a sub dialect of Teochew dialect . ref http www.sungwh.freeserve.co.uk flux chaozhou.htm ChaoZhou Dialect Romanisation Scheme ref ref http www.glossika.com en dict phon haifeng.php Haifeng Dialect Phonology ref Since some of the Chinese character characters pronunciations in Haifeng dialect are different from that in Teochew dialect due to different rhymes in both dialects , Haifeng dialect is sometimes considered to be independent of Teochew dialect. Infobox language name Haifeng dialect nativename states China region Mainly in Shanwei, eastern Guangdong province. speakers familycolor Sino Tibetan fam2 Chinese languages Chinese fam3 Min Chinese Min fam4 Min Nan fam5 Teochew dialect Teochew map Banlamgu.svg mapcaption color box 677821 Haifeng dialect inside Teochew References reflist Southern Min Languages Guangdong topics Category Shanwei Category Min Nan zh ... more details
Infobox language name Kant Japanese familycolor Altaic states Japan region Kant region speakers date ref fam1 Japonic languages Japonic fam2 Japanese language Japanese fam3 Eastern Japanese fam4 linglist jpn kan lingua The Kant dialects are the Japanese dialects spoken in the Kant region , including Tokyo dialect . Along with the Tohoku dialect , it has been characterized by a suffix be or ppe and Kanto speaker was called Kant bei by Kansai speaker in Edo period. The eastern Kant dialect has more common features to the T hoku dialect. After the Pacific War, the southern Kanto region such as Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba prefectures made rapid progress as satellite cities of Tokyo, and traditional dialects in these areas are almost replaced by the standard Japanese. The Kanto dialects are Western Kant Tokyo dialect central Tokyo Yamanote dialect old upper class dialect Shitamachi dialect or Edo dialect old working class dialect Tama dialect Western Tokyo Saitama dialect Saitama Prefecture Chichibu dialect centered Chichibu, Saitama Chichibu Gunma dialect or J sh dialect Gunma Prefecture Kanagawa dialect Kanagawa Prefecture Chiba dialect Chiba Prefecture ref northern Chiba Prefecture is granded area between Western and Eastern Kanto ref B sh dialect southern Chiba Prefecture Eastern Kant Ibaraki dialect Ibaraki Prefecture Tochigi dialect Tochigi Prefecture See also Hokkaid dialect , descended relatively recently from colonists speaking mainly Kant dialect Notes Reflist Category Japanese dialects ... more details
A nonstandard dialect is a dialect that does not have the institutional support or sanction that a standard language standardized dialect has. Like any dialect, a nonstandard dialect has its own vocabulary and an internally consistent grammar and syntax and it may be spoken using a variety of accent linguistics accent s. Describing a dialect as nonstandard is not to imply that the dialect is incorrect or inferior. Also prestige dialect s may be non standard. As a border case, a nonstandard dialect may even have its own written form, although it s then to be assumed that the orthography is unstable and or unsanctioned, and that it is not orderly supported by governmental or educational institutions. When used in quotes and as a contrastive feature in literature , the term eye dialect may be used for nonstandard phonemic spelling. It is uncommon in written texts unless the text is dialect poetry, etc. References Unreferenced date May 2007 Reflist See also Language policy Category Language varieties and styles ... more details
Infobox language name Shantou dialect nativename Unicode Suan tao u states China region Mainly in Shantou , southwestern Guangdong province. speakers familycolor Sino Tibetan fam2 Chinese languages Chinese fam3 Min Chinese Min fam4 Min Nan fam5 Teochew dialect Teochew linglist nan sha map Shantou map2005.jpg mapcaption color box c8ab37 Shantou dialect The Shantou dialect , formerly known as the Swatow dialect , is a dialect mostly spoken in Shantou in Guangdong , China . It is a sub dialect of Min Nan Chinese , and sometimes a sub dialect of Teochew Min . ref http www.glossika.com en dict dialectdata guangdong shantou.php Shantou Dialect entry in Glossika ref Referencing reflist See also List of Chinese dialects Min .E9.96.A9.E8.AA.9E.2F.E9.97.BD.E8.AF.AD List of Chinese dialects External links http openlibrary.org b OL7242211M pronouncing and defining dictionary of the Swatow dialect A pronouncing and defining dictionary of the Swatow Shantou dialect published in 1883 by the American Presbyterian mission press in Shanghai. Southern Min Languages Category Guangdong Category Min Nan ... more details
Doric dialect may refer to Doric dialect Greek , a Greek language dialect Doric dialect Scotland , a Scots language dialect Disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Long comment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
refimprove date July 2009 Jiangyin dialect is a Northern Wu Chinese dialect spoken in the city of Jiangyin in Jiangsu province. Jiangyin dialect is a member of the Wu Chinese Taihu Wu family of dialects, which means the inhabitants speak a dialect similar to that of nearby Wuxi , Changzhou , Suzhou , and Shanghai . Jiangyin dialect itself is of the Piling variety, related to the Changzhou dialect . Jiangyin dialect has the highest degree of mutual intelligibility with the dialects of the closest neighboring cities of Changzhou and Wuxi but also has a fairly large degree of mutual intelligibility with the dialects of nearby Suzhou and Shanghai . As one travels south towards Wuxi away from the urban center of Jiangyin , Jiangyin dialect gradually becomes more and more closer sounding to the Wuxi dialect . A book called A collection of Jiangyin dialect has been published. ref http www.jiangsu.gov.cn shouye sxzc ftwh 200903 t20090305 312351.html ref Chinese language References Reflist Category Wu language St lang stub wuu ... more details
Infobox language name Ch goku Japanese nativename familycolor Altaic states Japan region Ch goku speakers date ref fam1 Japonic languages Japonic fam2 Japanese language Japanese fam3 Western Japanese fam4 linglist jpn chu lingua The Ch goku dialects are the Japanese dialects spoken in most of the Ch goku region and in the northwestern Kansai region. They may be separated into two groups according to the form of the Copula linguistics copula . copula ja group San y region Aki dialect or Hiroshima dialect western Hiroshima Prefecture , formerly known as Aki Province Bingo dialect eastern Hiroshima Prefecture, formerly known as Bingo Province Fukuyama dialect Fukuyama, Hiroshima Fukuyama Okayama dialect Okayama Prefecture Yamaguchi dialect Yamaguchi Prefecture copula da group parts of San in region Iwami dialect western Shimane Prefecture , formerly known as Iwami Province Insh dialect or Tottori dialect eastern Tottori Prefecture , formerly known as Inaba Province Tajima dialect northern Hy go Prefecture, formerly known as Tajima Province Tango dialect northernmost of Kyoto Prefecture, formerly known as Tango Province except Maizuru Although Kansai dialect uses copula ya , Ch goku dialect mainly uses ja or da . Ch goku dialect uses ken or kee instead of kara meaning because . ken is also used in Umpaku dialect, Shikoku dialect and some Ky sh dialect. In addition, Ch goku dialect uses yoru in progressive aspect and toru or choru in perfect grammar perfect . For example, Tar wa benky shiyoru means Taro is studying , and Tar wa benky shitoru means Taro has studied while standard Japanese speakers say Tar wa benky shiteiru in both situations. Choru is used mostly in Yamaguchi dialect. Category Japanese dialects ... more details
Infobox language name Shikoku Japanese nativename familycolor Altaic states Japan region Shikoku speakers date ref fam1 Japonic languages Japonic fam2 Japanese language Japanese fam3 Western Japanese fam4 linglist jpn shi lingua The Shikoku dialects are the Japanese dialects of Shikoku Island . The Shikoku dialects are Awa sc aka Tokushima dialect Tokushima Prefecture , formerly known as Awa Province Shikoku Awa Province Sanuki dialect Kagawa Prefecture formerly known as Sanuki Province Iyo dialect Ehime Prefecture , formerly known as Iyo Province Tosa dialect or K chi dialect K chi Prefecture , formerly known as Tosa Province Hata Dialect Hata District, K chi Hata district , westernmost of Kochi Shikoku dialect has many similarities to Ch goku dialect in grammar. Shikoku dialect uses ken for because , and yoru in progressive aspect and toru or choru in the perfect. Some people in K chi Prefecture uses kin , kini , or ki instead of ken , y or y instead of yoru , and ch or ch instead of choru . The largest difference between Shikoku dialect and Ch goku dialect is in pitch accent. Many dialects in Shikoku uses Kyoto Osaka type accent or its variation and similar to Kansai dialect, but Ch goku dialect uses Tokyo type accent. Category Japanese dialects ... more details
Infobox Language name Hui an dialect nativename states China region Mainly in Hui an , southern Fujian province. speakers familycolor Sino Tibetan fam2 Chinese languages Chinese fam3 Min Chinese Min fam4 Min Nan fam5 Zhenan Min The Hui an dialect , is a dialect mostly spoken in Hui an in Fujian Province , China . It is a sub dialect of Min Nan Chinese , and a sub dialect of Zhenan Min . ref http chinalinks.osu.edu naccl 20 proceedings 34 chen w.pdf Relative Clauses in Hui an Dialect ref See also List of Chinese dialects Min .E9.96.A9.E8.AA.9E.2F.E9.97.BD.E8.AF.AD List of Chinese dialects Referencing reflist Southern Min Languages DEFAULTSORT Hui an Dialect Category Fujian China stub st lang stub ... more details
Infobox language name Siyi nativename Seiyap, Sze Yup states People s Republic of China region Sze Yup speakers familycolor Sino Tibetan fam2 Chinese languages Chinese fam3 Yue Chinese Yue linglist yue siy map Yue Dialects.png mapcaption Siyi is the yellow area on the coast. Siyi Seiyap, is a coastal branch of Yue Chinese spoken in Guangdong province. It includes Taishanese , one of the most important Chinese dialects in American Chinese communities. Dialects Taishanese dialect is representative. Taishan dialect Xinhui dialect Siqian dialect Guzhen dialect Enping dialect Kaiping dialect Chinese language Category Cantonese language St lang stub nl Siyihua zh ... more details
Open Dialect is an open source Adobe Flash Flash Integrated development environment IDE based on Adobe Flex and distributed under the GNU General Public License GPL . Its goals are to allow system dynamics modelers to create and publish online interfaces to their work. Open Dialect allows for the creation of Adobe Integrated Runtime adobe AIR executables as well as Flash 9 SWF swfs . Open Dialect is written in C Sharp programming language C using the .NET Framework and has been ported via Mono software Mono and GTK to Linux and partially Mac OS X . Supported platforms The latest version of Open Dialect, version 0.6.0 supports Windows no extra effort , Linux tiny bit of effort and OSX must compile from source . References http dialect.openmodeling.net Open Dialect Updates from Open Dialect http dialect.openmodeling.net wiki OpenDialect Open Dialect Wiki from Open Dialect http osflash.org projects opendialect Open Dialect from osflash.org http sunil gupta.blogspot.com 2008 07 open dialect future of open source.html Open Dialect, The future of open source flash IDE Sunil s Blog https dialect.openmodeling.net downloads 4 The Policy Resistance example game, tutorial and ILE from Open Dialect Category Free integrated development environments Category Adobe Flash ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox language name Weihai dialect nativename familycolor Sino Tibetan fam2 Chinese languages Chinese fam3 Mandarin Chinese Mandarin fam4 Jiao Liao Mandarin speakers states China region Shandong Peninsula Weihai dialect is a dialect of Mandarin Chinese Mandarin spoken in and around the city of Weihai , in eastern Shandong province. DEFAULTSORT Weihai Dialect Category Mandarin Chinese St lang stub fr Dialecte de Weihai ... more details
unreferenced date October 2011 Mahaki is one of the sub dialects of the Feyli Kurdish dialect Feyli dialect of the Kurdish language . It is spoken by the Kurdish tribes of Ali Sherwan Beyrey in the Ilam province of Iran and among almost all the Feyli Kurds living in Baghdad , Mandali, Badrah and Zorbatiah in Iraq . This sub dialect shares many features with the Sorani dialect. Category Kurdish language language stub ... more details
unreferenced date July 2009 Qihai dialect is a Wu Chinese dialect spoken in Tongzhou , Haimen , Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, as well as spoken on Chongming Island in Shanghai , It is considered to be a Taihu Wu dialect, which is intelligible with Shanghainese dialect . Chinese language Category Wu language St lang stub wuu zh ... more details
Macedonian dialect may refer to Dialects of the Macedonian language , the dialects of the modern Slavic language Ancient Macedonian language , if considered a dialect of ancient Greek Varieties of Modern Greek , spoken today in Greek Macedonia disambig ... more details
Chinato is a dialect of Extremaduran language Extremaduran spoken in Malpartida de Plasencia . This dialect is nearly extinct. References Reflist http www.paseovirtual.iespana.es congreso chinato1.pdf Congress about Extremaduran language Category Extremaduran dialects lang stub an Estremenyo chinato ... more details
Dapeng dialect hanzi IPA xx t a i p u wa IPA is a Chinese dialect that was originally only spoken on the Dapeng Peninsula . By the Chinese diaspora , the dialect has spread to places with large population people who are originally from Dapeng. Hong Kong , Randstad , Portsmouth and New York City today have a lot of Dapeng dialect speakers. The dialect is a form of junhua and was therefore used by soldiers in Dapeng Fortress . It is a mix of Yue Chinese Cantonese and Hakka language Hakka . DEFAULTSORT Dapeng Dialect Category Hakka language Category Cantonese language China stub ling stub nl Dapenghua no Dapenghua zh yue zh ... more details
Infobox language name Quanzhou dialect nativename lang zh tw Ch an chiu o familycolor Sino Tibetan states People s Republic of China , Malaysia , Indonesia , Singapore , Burma , Thailand , Taiwan , Hong Kong and Macau . region Southern Fujian province speakers over 7 million fam2 Chinese languages Chinese fam3 Min Chinese Min fam4 Min Chinese Coastal Min fam5 Min Nan fam6 Hokkien dialect Hokkien map ChinaFujianQuanzhou.png mapcaption color box c8ab37 Quanzhou dialect The Quanzhou dialect is a Hokkien dialect which originally comes from Southern Fujian province in Southeast China , in the area centered around the city of Quanzhou . Among the Taiwanese who migrated came from Fujian province since the 17th century onwards, 44.8 were originally from Quanzhou whereas 35.1 were from Zhangzhou . The Quanzhou dialect has an intelligibility of over 90 with other dialects of Hokkien such as Amoy dialect Amoy and Zhangzhou dialect Zhangzhou . For this reason, the Quanzhou dialect is often simply called Hokkien or Min Nan. External links http baike.baidu.com view 399388.htm Quanzhou dialect entry in Baidu Baike zh icon Southern Min Languages Category Fujian Category Min Nan China stub st lang stub nl Quanzhouhua zh ... more details
Infobox language name Zhangzhou dialect nativename lang zh tw Chiang chiu o familycolor Sino Tibetan states People s Republic of China , Malaysia , Indonesia , Singapore , Taiwan , and Hong Kong . region Southern Fujian province speakers Over 4 million ref cn date November 2011 date fam2 Chinese languages Chinese fam3 Min Chinese Min fam4 Min Nan fam5 Hokkien dialect Hokkien map ChinaFujianZhangzhou.png mapcaption color box c8ab37 Zhangzhou dialect The Zhangzhou dialect is a Hokkien dialect originating from southern Fujian province in southeast China , in the area centered around the city of Zhangzhou . Among the Taiwanese who migrated from Fujian province starting in the 17th century, 35.1 were originally from Zhangzhou whereas 44.8 were from Quanzhou . The Zhangzhou dialect has an intelligiblity of over 90 with other dialects of Hokkien such as Amoy dialect Amoy and Quanzhou dialect Quanzhou . The Zhangzhou dialect is often simply called Hokkien or Minnan. It is the source of the western terms Amoy e mui and Quemoy kim mui . External links http www.glossika.com en dict dialectdata fujian zhangzhou.php Zhangzhou dialect entry in Glossika Southern Min Languages Category Fujian Category Min Nan China stub st lang stub ... more details
Infobox Language name Xuzhou dialect nativename familycolor Sino Tibetan states China region Xuzhou , Jiangsu speakers fam2 Chinese languages Chinese fam3 Mandarin language Mandarin fam4 Zhongyuan Mandarin Zhongyuan Xuzhou dialect zh s t p X zh u hu is a dialect of Mandarin dialects Mandarin Chinese . It is spoken in the city of Xuzhou in Jiangsu province of China . Jiangsu has two basic dialect types, that of the south, influenced by Wu and that of the north. Beginning roughly in the area extending from Changzhou to Danyang, Jiangsu Danyang there is a change in the dialects spoken. From Yangzhou north, the dialect begins to take on the essential form of the northern Jiangsu dialect. Xuzhou dialect is the point where the northern dialects of Jiangsu meet the dialects of Shandong . Xuzhou dialect also reflects the influence of Shanxi , whose dialects were imported by migrants from Shanxi to Xuzhou during the Sui Dynasty . The dialect of Peixian , which is a region under the auspices of the city of Xuzhou was the destination of the majority of migrants from Shanxi . There are important differences in the dialects of Xuzhou and Peixian , which show the results of the Shanxi influence. Xuzhou dialect claims a rich vocabulary of unique terms, and also has important tonal differences from Mandarin Chinese Mandarin . The form of Xuzhou dialect commonly spoken in the city is often referred to as X p , Xuzhou Mandarin , reflecting the influence of dominant Mandarin ref http en.wikipedia.org wiki Mandarin ref on the local dialect. But there are crucial differences between the tonal character of Mandarin and Xuzhou dialect. Only the fourth tone falling of Mandarin remains unchanged in Xuzhou dialect. The second tone rising of Mandarin becomes the first tone flat . The third tone low or dipping becomes the second tone, and the first tone becomes the third tone. References references Chinese language Category Mandarin Chinese china stub st lang stub ... more details
File Map of dialects of Lithuanian language.png thumb Map of the dialects of the Lithuanian language Zinkevi ius and Girdenis, 1965 legend aa51e7 Southern Auk taitian or Dz kian sub dialect Dz kian dialect , known in academic works as Southern Auk taitian dialect , is one of the three main sub dialects of the Auk taitian dialect of Lithuanian language . Dz kian dialect is spoken in Dz kija , southern Lithuania . Its most distinctive feature is replacing t , d before i , , y , ie and , d with c and dz cik instead of tik just, dzidumas instead of didumas size, pync instead of pinti to braid, sveciai instead of sve iai guests . Since the region borders Slavs Slavic lands, the dialect has many Slavic loanword s and barbarism linguistics barbarisms . References lt icon cite book title Tradicijos. Iliustruota Lietuvos enciklopedija year 2005 editor Janina Ja inskien location Kaunas publisher viesa isbn 5 430 04158 0 page 56 Category Lithuanian language lithuania stub ie lang stub DEFAULTSORT Dzukian Dialect ... more details
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