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What is a dialect? |
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A dialect is a regional variant of a language distinguished by minimal lexical, grammatical, or phonological (pronunciation) differences from variants of the same language. | |
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The amount of variation needed between two languages to classify them as dialects of a single language versus different languages is a matter of ongoing debate among linguists, dialectologists, and policy makers. | |
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