Dialect

Regional or social variation of a language.

regional speech vernacular

A dialect is a variety of a language spoken by a particular group of people, differing from the standard form in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. It is a regional or social variation of a language.

/ˈdaɪ.əˌlekt/

From Latin 'dialectus', meaning ‘conversation’ or ‘discourse’, derived from the Greek word 'dialektos'.

vernacular regional speech patois

language linguistic variation

accent slang pidgin

language family

geographical linguistic social