regional dialect
Area-specific language variety
A regional dialect is a variety of a language spoken in a particular geographic area, distinguished from other varieties by features of pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.
Speakers of different regional dialects can typically understand one another, though some expressions or phrasings may seem unfamiliar or quaint.
The regional dialect of the Appalachian mountains preserves some older English forms.
Regional dialects often carry social connotations about their speakers' backgrounds or education levels.
- sociolectLanguage variety by group
- speech patternsCharacteristic speaking tendencies
- accentRegional speech pattern
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- spoken wordPoetry delivered aloud
identity · regional pride · dialectology · prestige · local color · migration · colloquialism · drawl · lilt · territory · homeland · old country · home turf · code-switching · intonation · boundary · tongue · folksy
- Appalachian folklorefolk traditions, folklore traditions, mountain ballads, ghost stories, tall tales
- dialectregionalisms, vernacular, localisms, patois, provincialisms
- dialectspatois, vernaculars, vernacular, regional dialects, regional accent
- language varietiesidiolect, sociolect, vernacular, accent, patois
- Northern FranceNord, Picardy, Pas-de-Calais, Somme, Flanders
- regional fictionwestern fiction, sense of place, Irish fiction, Russian fiction, English fiction
regional dialectstandard language
Codified, official linguistic form
official language · national language · BBC English · lingua franca · King's English
regional dialectuniversal language
Speech all understand
lingua franca · world language · global language · global English · trade language