Related Words for patois

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WordSyllablesCategories
slang
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Noun, Noun
vernacular
x/xx
Noun, Noun
jargon
/x
Noun, Noun
lingo
/x
Noun, Noun
cant
/
Noun, Noun
argot
/x
Noun, Noun
dialects
/xx
Noun
creole
/x
Noun, Adjective
gullah
/x
Name
pidgin
/x
Noun
colloquial
x/xx
Noun
languages
/xx
Noun
singsong
/x
Noun
langue
/
Noun
wolof
/x
Name
polyglot
xxx
Noun
reggae
/x
Noun
milieu
x/
Noun
idioms
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Noun
phraseology
xx/xx
Noun
gangsta
/x
Noun
accents
/x
Noun
ghetto
/x
Noun
gibberish
/xx
Noun
unintelligible
xx/xxx
Adjective
interlanguage
/x/x
Noun
kitchen
/x
Noun
mother tongue
/x/
Phrase, Noun
tongue
/
Noun
jamaican
x/x
Adjective
french
/
Name, Adjective
fraud
/
Noun
english
/x
Name
incomprehensible
xxx/xx
Adjective
barbarous
/xx
Adjective
speaks
/
Verb
vulgar
/x
Adjective
portuguese
/xx
Adjective
sort
/
Noun
sang
/
Verb
west
/
Adjective
local
/x
Adjective
understand
xx/
Verb
talked
/
Verb
native
/x
Adjective
peculiar
x/x
Adjective
provincial
x/x
Adjective
use
/
Noun
kind
/
Noun
curious
/xx
Adjective
status
/x
Noun
distinctive
x/x
Adjective
spanish
/x
Adjective
country
/x
Noun
words
/
Noun
thick
/
Adjective
strange
/
Adjective
canadian
x/xx
Adjective
answered
/x
Verb
mere
/
Adjective
region
/x
Noun
soft
/
Adjective
indian
/xx
Adjective
southern
/x
Adjective
written
/x
Verb
regional
/xx
Adjective
broad
/
Adjective
replied
x/
Verb
learn
/
Verb
addressed
x/
Verb
musical
/xx
Adjective
hear
/
Verb
people
/x
Noun
usage
/x
Noun
speakers
/x
Noun
features
/x
Noun
appellations
xx/x
Noun
aramaic
/x/x
Name, Adjective
aryan
/xx
Adjective, Name
attested
x/x
Adjective
breed
/
Noun, Verb
cuisines
x/
Noun
custom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dravidian
x/xx
Name, Adjective
folkways
/x
Noun
keynote
/x
Noun, Verb
mandarin
/xx
Noun, Adjective
nonstandard
x/x
Adjective, Noun
notational
x/xx
Adjective
pronunciations
xxx/x
Noun
proverb
/x
Noun, Verb
ido
/x
Name
hellenism
/xxx
Name
arabism
x/xx
Name
semitism
/xxx
Name
cloth
/
Noun
nickel
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
maypole
/x
Noun, Verb
oh
/
Noun, Verb
girly
/x
Adjective, Noun
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
headlines
/x
Noun
aisle
/
Noun
nsa
x
Name, Adverb, Adjective
standard
/x
Adjective, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun