(n.) The form of speech of a limited region or people\, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned.

Acadian Anglo-Indian Brooklynese Cajun Canadian French Cockney French Canadian Gullah Midland Midland dialect New England dialect Pennsylvania Dutch Yankee Yorkshire accent argot brogue bundle of isoglosses burr cant choice of words class dialect composition dialect atlas dialect dictionary dialectal diction expression formulation grammar idiom idiomatic isogloss jargon language langue lingo lingua linguistic atlas linguistic community linguistic island local local dialect localism locution parlance parole patois patter personal usage phrase phraseology phrasing pidgin pronunciation provincial provincialism regional regional accent regionalism rhetoric slang speech speech community subdialect talk tongue usage use of words usus loquendi verbiage vernacular wordage wording