topolect

Definitions

1. The speech form, variety (lect) of a particular place or region.
2. A regional variety of Chinese; especially a lect other than Standard Mandarin.

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Examples

“We can then establish⟳ and name⟳ further categories by means of the word "group" and the prefix "sub-", thus obtaining SUBDIALECT ("Untermundart") between topolect and dialect, DIALECT GROUP ("Mundartengruppe") between dialect and language, SUBFAMILY ("Unterfamilie") between language and family,”

“The degree to which Yahudic lects differ⟳ from coterritorial non-Jewish lects varies spatially, chronologically, stylistically, and idiolectically (for this reason⟳ it is important to study⟳ each Yahudic topolect together with its coterritorial Arabic topolect if it has one).”

“Imminent Chinese linguist Zhou Youguang has said that everyone’s mother tongue is a topolect, whereas China’s standard spoken language has long been the “teacher tongue.””

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