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dialect

n. பேச்சுவழக்கு வகை, திசை வழக்க, குழு வழக்கு, தனி வழக்கு, வழக்கத்துக்கு மாறுபட்ட தனிமுறைப்பேச்சு வகை, கிளைமொழி.


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Di"a*lect, n. Etym: [F. dialecte, L. dialectus, fr. Gr. Dialogue.] 1. Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech. This book is writ in such a dialect As may the minds of listless men affect. Bunyan. The universal dialect of the world. South. 2. 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. In the midst of this Babel of dialects there suddenly appeared a standard English language. Earle. [Charles V.] could address his subjects from every quarter in their native dialect. Prescott. Syn. -- Language; idiom; tongue; speech; phraseology. See Language, and Idiom.


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