PATOIS  , a See also:

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

French See also:

• TERM

term strictly confined to the See also:

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

dialect of a See also:

• DISTRICT

district or locality in a 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 which has a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

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

language, often used of the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a common language as spoken by illiterate or uneducated persons, marked by vulgar-isms in See also:

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

pronunciation, See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar, &c . The origin of the word is not certain . It has been taken to be a corruption of patrois, from See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low See also:

• LAT

Lat. partriensis, of or belonging to one's patria, or native country, fatherland .