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Language dialects are variations within a single human language which are mutually comprehensible to speakers of each variant. Despite opinions...
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| x name | x image | x Also Typed With | x Language | x article |
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| x Kathiawari | Gujarati language | |||
| x Surati | Gujarati language | |||
| x Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| x Arabic, Egyptian Spoken | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| x Arabic, Shuwa | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| x Baharna Arabic | Human Language | Arabic language |
Bahrani Arabic (Baharnah, Bahrani, Baharna Arabic [ISO 639-3]) is a variety of Arabic spoken by the Bahranis of Bahrain and some parts of Saudi Eastern Province, and also in Oman.
In Bahrain, the dialect is spoken in the capital, Manama, and in...
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| x Gulf Arabic | Human Language | Arabic language |
Gulf Arabic (also known as Khaliji, al-lahjat al-khalijiya اللهجة الخليجية) is a variety of the Arabic language spoken around both shores of the Persian Gulf, mainly in Kuwait, Iraq, eastern and central Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab...
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| x Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| x Arabic, South Levantine Spoken | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| x Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| x Arabic, Moroccan Spoken | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| x Libyan Arabic |
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Human Language | Arabic language |
Libyan Arabic (Lībi ليبي; also known as Sulaimitian Arabic) is a collective term for the closely related varieties of Arabic spoken in Libya. It can be divided into two major dialect areas; the eastern centred in Benghazi, and the western centred in...
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| x Hassaniyya | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| x Najdi Arabic | Human Language | Arabic language |
Najdi Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة النجدية) is a variety of the Arabic language spoken in the desert and oases of central Saudi Arabia.
There are four major groups of Najdi Arabic.
1. Northern Najdi, spoken in the Qaseem and Jabal Shammar regions of Najd...
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| x Syrian Arabic | Human Language | Arabic language |
Syrian Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة السورية) is a Levantine variety of Arabic spoken in Syria. Syria has three major dialectal zones. Central from Damascus to Hama and North in the Aleppo region. Varieties of Syrian Arabic are spoken in these zones.
In...
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| x Tunisian Arabic |
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Human Language | Arabic language |
Tunisian Arabic is a Maghrebi dialect of the Arabic language, spoken by some 11 million people. It is usually known by its own speakers as Darija, to distinguish it from Standard Arabic, or as Tunsi, which means Tunisian. It is spoken all over...
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| x Yemeni Arabic | Arabic language |
Yemeni Arabic is the name of a cluster of Arabic varieties spoken in Yemen and northern Somalia. It is generally considered a very conservative dialect cluster, as it has many classical features not found across most of the Arabic speaking world....
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| x Sudanese Arabic | Human Language | Arabic language |
Sudanese Arabic is the variety of Arabic spoken throughout northern Sudan. It has much borrowed vocabulary from the local languages (El Rutana). This has resulted in a variety of Arabic that is unique to Sudan, reflecting the way in which the...
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| x Arabic, Sudanese Creole | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| x Acadian French |
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Human Language | French |
Acadian French (le français acadien) is a variety or dialect of French spoken by francophone Acadians in the Canadian Maritime provinces, the Saint John River Valley in northern Maine, the Magdalen Islands and Havre-Saint-Pierre, along the St....
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| x African French |
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French |
African French is the generic name of the varieties of French spoken by an estimated 115 million African people spread across 31 francophone African countries. This includes those who speak French as a first or second language in these 31...
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| x Aostan French | French |
Aostan French (French: franￃﾧais d'Aoste) is the dialect of French spoken in the Aosta region of Italy, where there is a significant Francophone population.
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| x Swiss French |
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French |
Swiss French (French: français de Suisse) is the name used for the variety of French spoken in the French-speaking area of Switzerland known as Romandy. Swiss French is not to be confused with Franco-Provençal/Arpitan or Romansh, two other Romance...
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| x Lao French | French |
Lao French is a dialect of the French language spoken in Laos. The creation of this dialect goes back to the French colonization of Indochina, although since Laos' independence from France, and the Communist takeover, the number of French speakers...
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| x Cajun French |
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Human Language | French |
Cajun French (sometimes called Louisiana Regional French ) is one of three varieties or dialects of the French language spoken primarily in the U.S. state of Louisiana, specifically in the southern parishes. Other Louisiana French dialects include...
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| x Belgian French |
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French |
Belgian French (French: français de Belgique) is the variety of French spoken mainly in the French Community of Belgium, alongside related minority regional languages such as Walloon, Picard, Champenois and Gaumais. The French spoken in the...
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| x Canadian French | Human Language | French |
Canadian French is an umbrella term for the varieties of the French language used in Canada. French is the mother tongue of about 7 million Canadians (22% of the Canadian population, compared to 58% for English).
The name "Canadian French" does not...
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| x Cambodian French | Human Language | French |
Cambodian French or French Cambodian may refer to:
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| x Maghreb French |
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French |
French in Maghreb, French is an administrative language and commonly used though not on an official basis in the Maghreb states, Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. The French language was introduced in the region during the colonial era. The...
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| x Newfoundland French | French |
Newfoundland French is a regional dialect of French that was once spoken by French colonists on the island of Newfoundland. It is distinct from other French dialects in Canada, such as the Québécois and Acadian varieties.
France colonized portions...
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| x Louisiana Creole French | Human Language | French | ||
| x Quebec French | French |
Quebec French (le français québécois, le français du Québec), or less often Québécois French, is the predominant varieties of the French language in Canada, in its formal and informal registers. Quebec French is used in everyday communication, as...
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| x Jersey Legal French |
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French |
Jersey Legal French, also known as Jersey French, is the official dialect of French used administratively in Jersey. Since the anglicisation of the island, it survives as a written language for some laws, contracts, and other documents. Jersey's...
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| x Swiss German |
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Human Language | German |
Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in Switzerland and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy. Occasionally, the Alemannic dialects spoken in other countries...
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| x Swabian | Human Language | German | ||
| x Austro-Bavarian |
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Human Language | German |
Austro-Bavarian or Bavarian is a major group of Upper German varieties. Like standard German, Austro-Bavarian is a High German language, but they are not the same language. However, Austro-Bavarian and Standard German have influenced each other and...
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| x East Franconian German |
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German |
East Franconian (Ostfränkisch) is a dialect which is spoken in Bavaria and other areas in Germany around Bamberg, Coburg, Würzburg, Hof and Bayreuth. East Franconian has elements of central German and Upper German. The same goes only for South...
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| x Hessian dialect | German |
Hessian (Ger.: Hessisch) is a West Central German dialect group of the German language. The dialect most similar to Hessian is Palatinate German (Ger.: Pfälzisch, pronounced approx. "Feltzish") of the Rhine Franconian sub-family. However, the...
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| x Lorraine Franconian | German |
Lorraine Franconian (French: francique mosellan, platt lorrain, platt mosellan) is a designation, in practice ambiguous, for dialects of German spoken in the north-eastern part of the French region of Lorraine. These dialects all belong to the...
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| x Ripuarian | German |
German, Middle German, West Middle German, Ripuarian Ripuarian (Ripoarish or Ripuarisch Platt, literally: "Riverine" or "Riparian Low German") is a West Germanic dialect group spoken in the Rhineland, eastern Belgium and southern Dutch Limburg from...
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| x Moselle Franconian | German |
Moselle Franconian is a group of High German dialects spoken in parts of the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, in the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, in the neighbouring département of Moselle in...
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| x Thuringian | German |
Thuringian is an East Central German dialect spoken in much of the modern German Free State of Thuringia. It is similar to Upper Saxon German. It is one of the Central German dialects with the highest number of speakers.
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| x Upper Saxon German | Human Language | German |
Upper Saxon (German: Obersächsisch or colloquially (but incorrectly), Sächsisch) is a Central German dialect spoken in much of the modern German States of Saxony and Thuringia. The degree of accent varies from place to place within the states, with...
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| x Low Franconian languages |
![Low Franconian language area with West Meuse-Rhenish: ([5] and [6])](http://www.freebase.com:80/api/trans/image_thumb//wikipedia/images/commons_id/1073810?maxheight=64&mode=fillcropmid&maxwidth=64)
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German |
Low Franconian, or Low Frankish, is a group of several West Germanic languages spoken in the Netherlands, northern Belgium (Flanders), in the northern department of France, in western Germany (Lower Rhine), as well as in Suriname, South Africa and...
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| x Sathmarisch | German |
Sathmarisch is a dialect of High German. Sathmarisch is or was spoken in Romania in Satu Mare by persons of Swabian speaking German origin. Most speakers have emigrated into Western Germany.
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| x Siebenbürgisch | German |
Siebenbürgisch is a dialect of High German. Siebenbürgisch is spoken in Romania in Transylvania by persons of mainly Western German origin. Most speakers have emigrated to Western Germany.
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| x Wymysorys | German | |||
| x Brazilian German | German |
Brazilian German is a generic name for German dialects spoken in Brazil.
German dialects are already in use in Brazil as a result of the German settlement, made by Germans, Swiss, and Austrians. These dialects were evolved by foreign borrowings....
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| x West Central German | German |
West Central German (Westmitteldeutsch) belongs to the Central, High German dialect family in the German language. Its dialects are thoroughly Franconian including the following sub-families:
Apart from West Central German on the southern edge and...
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| x Alemán Coloniero | Human Language | German |
Alemán Coloniero, spoken in Colonia Tovar, Venezuela, is a dialect that belongs to the Low Alemannic branch of German.
The language, like other Alemannic dialects is not mutually intelligible with Standard German, is spoken by descendants of Germans...
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| x Hollandic | ||||