dialect

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a form of a language that people speak in a particular part of a country, containing some different words and grammar, etc.:

regional dialect The various regional dialects are still spoken locally.

in dialect The poem is written in northern dialect.

a form of a language that is spoken in a particular part of a country or by a particular group of people and that contains some words, grammar, or pronunciations (= the ways in which words are said) that are different from the forms used in other parts or by other groups