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• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)  , a particular or characteristic manner of speech, and hence any variety of a See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language . In its widest sense See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages which are branches of a See also:

• COMMON

common or See also:

• PARENT, SIMON NAPOLEON (1855– )

parent language may be said to be " dialects " of that language; thus See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic, Ionic, Aeolic and Doric are dialects of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek, though there may never have at any See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time been a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate language of which they were See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

variations; so the various See also:

• ROMANCE

Romance languages, See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian, See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish, &c., were dialects of Latin . Again, where there have existed See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side by side, as in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, various branches of a language, such as the languages of the Angles, the See also:

• JUTES

Jutes or the See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons, and the descendant of one particular language, from many causes, has obtained the predominance, the traces of the other languages remain in the " dialects " of the districts where once the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original language prevailed . Thus it may be incorrect, from the See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical point of view, to say that " See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect " varieties of a language represent degradations of the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard language . A " See also:

• LITERARY

literary accepted language, such as See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• ENGLISH

English, represents the original language spoken in the Midlands,, with accretions of See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman, French, and later literary and scientific additions from classical and other See also:

• SOURCES

sources, while the See also:

• PRESENT

present-See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day " dialects " preserve, in inflections, See also:

• PRONUNCIATION (Lat. pronuntiatio, from pronuntiare, proclaim, announce, pronounce)

pronunciation and particular words, traces of the original variety of the language not incorporated in the standard language of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . See the various articles on languages (English, French, &c.) .