subdialect
/ˈsʌbˌdaɪəˌlɛkt/
noun
- A smaller, more specific variety of a dialect, spoken in a particular area or by a particular group within a larger dialect region.
- In this region, the local subdialect has words that are not used anywhere else in the country.
- The older residents still speak a subdialect that sounds very different from the modern city speech.
- The linguist studied a subdialect of Appalachian English spoken only in a few remote valleys.
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