dialect continuum

ˈdaɪəˌlɛkt kənˈtɪnjuəm

dialect continua

Definition

Definition of dialect continuum - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

linguistics

TECH.

range of dialects that gradually change geographically

TECH.

The dialect continuum shows gradual changes across the region.
Researchers studied the dialect continuum in rural areas.
The dialect continuum is evident in the neighboring towns.

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Expressions with dialect

eye dialect

use of nonstandard spellings to make ordinary speech seem dialectal or informal

The novelist used eye dialect to make the dialogue sound informal.

standard dialect

variety of a language used by political, media, and educational institutions

The standard dialect is taught in schools to promote uniformity in communication.

dialect atlas

map showing language feature distribution

The dialect atlas revealed regional language differences.

dialect geography

study of geographical distribution of linguistic features

Dialect geography reveals how accents vary across regions.

Expressions with continuum

space-time continuum

fabric of the universe in science fiction

The wormhole disrupted the space-time continuum.

continuum hypothesis

assertion about cardinality between integers and reals

The continuum hypothesis is a central question in mathematics.

Terms with dialect continuum included in their meaning

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macrolanguage

linguistics

dialect continuum with varying varieties

Safaitic

language

Old Arabic dialect continuum

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French:continuum dialectal, ...
German:Dialektkontinuum, ...
Italian:continuum dialettale, ...
Spanish:continuum dialectal, ...
Portuguese:continuum dialetal, ...
Chinese:方言连续体, ...
Japanese:方言連続体, ...
Arabic:سِلْسِلَة لَهَجات, ...
Hebrew:רֶצֶף דִּיאַַלֶקְטִים, ...
Russian:диалектный континуум, ...
Ukrainian:діалектний континуум, ...
Hindi:बोली निरंतरता, ...
Bengali:উপভাষার ধারাবাহিকতা, ...
Catalan:continuum dialectal, ...
Czech:dialektové kontinuum, ...
Danish:dialektkontinuum, ...
Dutch:dialectcontinuüm, ...
Greek:διαλεκτικό συνεχές, ...
Hungarian:nyelvjárási kontinuum, ...
Khmer:ជួរបន្តនៃគ្រាមភាសា, ...
Korean:방언 연속체, ...
Persian:پیوستار گویشی, ...
Polish:kontinuum dialektalne, ...
Portuguese (BR):continuum dialetal, ...
Romanian:continuum dialectal, ...
Swedish:dialektkontinuum, ...
Thai:ความต่อเนื่องของภาษาถิ่น, ...
Turkish:diyalekt sürekliliği, ...
Vietnamese:liên tục phương ngữ, ...

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