Related Words for dialect

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WordSyllablesCategories
idiom
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Noun, Noun
accent
x/
Noun, Noun
language
/x
Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun
patois
x/
Noun
pronunciation
xxx/x
Noun
orthography
x/xx
Noun
colloquial
x/xx
Noun
inflections
x/x
Noun
diction
/x
Noun
linguistic
x/x
Adjective
syntax
/x
Noun
sociolinguistic
xx/x/x
Noun
phonetic
x/x
Adjective
grammar
/x
Noun
slang
/
Noun
brogue
/
Noun
vocabulary
x/xxx
Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
drawl
/
Noun
phraseology
xx/xx
Noun
folkways
/x
Noun
syllable
/xx
Noun
lingo
/x
Noun
vocalization
/xx/x
Noun
prosody
/xx
Noun
phonology
x/xx
Noun
peculiarities
xxx/xx
Noun
monosyllabic
xxx/x
Adjective
singsong
/x
Noun
enunciation
xxx/x
Noun
cockney
/x
Noun, Adjective
creole
/x
Noun
transliteration
xxx/x
Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective
ethnolinguistic
x/x/x
Adjective
elocution
xx/x
Noun
gullah
/x
Name, Adjective
twang
/
Noun
folktale
/x
Noun
argot
/x
Noun
syllabic
x/x
Adjective
lect
/
Noun
langue
/
Noun
code
/
Noun
speech
/
Noun
lish
/
Noun
parole
x/
Noun
standard
/x
Noun
provincialism
x/xxx
Noun
native speaker
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
leed
/
Name
lexis
/x
Name
jargon
/x
Noun
linkage
/x
Noun
homolog
x/x
Noun
speak
/
Verb
variant
/xx
Noun
lexeme
//
Noun
tongue
/
Noun
international auxiliary language
xx/xxx/xx/x
Name, Name
descendant
x/x
Noun
register
/xx
Noun
lexicon
/xx
Noun
homologue
x/x
Noun
akkadian
x/xx
Name
hakka
/x
Adjective
romani
x/x
Name
mandarin
/xx
Adjective, Noun
lisp
/
Noun
cantonese
xx/
Adjective, Name
aramaic
/x/x
Name
northumbrian
/xxx
Adjective
salish
/x
Name
nonstandard
x/x
Adjective
marathi
x/x
Name
anglian
/xx
Adjective
bulgarian
x/xx
Name
alsatian
x/x
Adjective
shona
/x
Name
berber
/x
Name
tibetan
x/x
Name
igbo
/x
Name
swahili
x/x
Name
quechua
/xx
Name, Adjective
piedmontese
/xx
Adjective
punjabi
x/x
Name
neapolitan
xx/xx
Adjective
malayalam
x/x/
Name
doric
/x
Adjective
tuscan
/x
Adjective
bengali
x/x
Name
amharic
//x
Name
areal
/xx
Adjective
athens
/x
Name
biogeographic
/xxx/x
Adjective
culture
/x
Noun, Verb
custom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
demotic
x/x
Adjective, Name
ethnicity
x/xx
Noun
facade
x/
Noun
floristic
/xx
Adjective
folklore
/x
Noun
gaelic
/x
Name, Adjective
genre
/x
Noun, Verb
gibberish
/xx
Noun, Adjective
hindi
/x
Name, Adjective
homeland
/x
Noun
landform
/x
Noun
mineralogical
xxx/xx
Adjective
nationality
xx/xx
Noun
origin
/xx
Noun
physiographic
xxx/x
Adjective
proverb
/x
Noun, Verb
remark
x/
Noun, Verb
rhetoric
/xx
Noun, Adjective
tagalog
/xx
Name, Adjective
telugu
/xx
Name
tone
/
Noun, Verb
topographic
xx/x
Adjective
topographical
xx/xx
Adjective
tough
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
yiddish
/x
Name, Adjective
cluster
/x
Noun, Verb
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
headlines
/x
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
cloth
/
Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
anymore
xx/
Adverb