Dialect

A dialect^[i] is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standardized varieties as well as vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardized varieties, such as those used in developing countries or isolated areas.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The non-standard dialects of a language with a writing system will operate at different degrees of distance from the standardized written form.

^ "'dialect (n.), Etymology'". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. July 2023 [2014]. doi:10.1093/OED/8666306791. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
^ Fodde Melis, Luisanna (2002). Race, Ethnicity and Dialects: Language Policy and Ethnic Minorities in the United States. FrancoAngeli. p. 35. ISBN 9788846439123.
^ Crystal, David (2008). A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics (6th ed.). Blackwell Publishing. p. 142–144. ISBN 978-1-4051-5296-9.
^ Oxford Living Dictionaries – English. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

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[OED-etym-1] "'dialect (n.), Etymology'". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford: Oxford University Press. July 2023 [2014]. doi:10.1093/OED/8666306791. Retrieved 21 September 2024.

[auto4-3] Fodde Melis, Luisanna (2002). Race, Ethnicity and Dialects: Language Policy and Ethnic Minorities in the United States. FrancoAngeli. p. 35. ISBN 9788846439123.

[auto5-4] Crystal, David (2008). A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics (6th ed.). Blackwell Publishing. p. 142–144. ISBN 978-1-4051-5296-9.

[5] Oxford Living Dictionaries – English. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

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