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Language Dialect list
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Language dialects are variations within a single human language which are mutually comprehensible to speakers of each variant. Despite opinions...
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| Kathiawari | Gujarati language | |||
| Surati | Gujarati language | |||
| Arabic, Algerian Spoken | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| Arabic, Egyptian Spoken | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| Arabic, Shuwa | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| Baharna Arabic | Human Language | Arabic language |
Bahrani Arabic (Baharnah, Bahrani, Baharna Arabic [ISO 639-3]) is a variety of Arabic spoken by the Bahrani of Bahrain and some parts of Saudi Eastern Province, and also in Oman.
In Bahrain, the dialect is spoken in the capital, Manama, and in...
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| Gulf Arabic | Human Language | Arabic language |
Gulf Arabic (also known as Khaliji, al-lahjat al-khalijiya اللهجة الخليجية) is a variety of the Arabic language spoken around both shores of the Persian Gulf, mainly in Kuwait, Iraq, eastern and central Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab...
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| Arabic, Mesopotamian Spoken | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| Arabic, South Levantine Spoken | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| Arabic, North Levantine Spoken | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| Arabic, Moroccan Spoken | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| Libyan Arabic |
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Human Language | Arabic language |
Libyan Arabic (Lībi ليبي; also known as Sulaimitian Arabic) is a collective term for the closely related varieties of Arabic spoken in Libya. It can be divided into two major dialect areas; the eastern centred in Benghazi, and the western centred in...
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| Hassaniyya | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| Najdi Arabic | Human Language | Arabic language |
Najdi Arabic is a variety of the Arabic language spoken in the desert regions of central and eastern Saudi Arabia. It is also the colloquial variety of Arabic spoken in the capital Riyadh. It is also spoken by Bedouin groups in neighboring Jordan,...
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| Syrian Arabic | Human Language | Arabic language |
Syrian Arabic is a Levantine variety of Arabic spoken in Syria. Syria has three major dialectal zones. Central from Damascus to Hama and North in the Aleppo region. Varieties of Syrian Arabic are spoken in these zones.
In the East, mainly in Al...
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| Tunisian Arabic | Human Language | Arabic language |
Tunisian Arabic is a Maghrebi dialect of the Arabic language, spoken by some 11 million people. It is usually known by its own speakers as Darija, to distinguish it from Standard Arabic, or as Tunsi, which means Tunisian. It is spoken all over...
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| Yemeni Arabic | Arabic language |
Yemeni Arabic is the name of a cluster of Arabic varieties spoken in Yemen and northern Somalia. It is generally considered a very conservative dialect cluster, as it has many classical features not found across most of the Arabic speaking world.
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| Sudanese Arabic | Human Language | Arabic language |
Sudanese Arabic is the variety of Arabic spoken throughout northern Sudan. It has much borrowed vocabulary from the local languages (El Rutana). This has resulted in a variety of Arabic that is unique to Sudan, reflecting the way in which the...
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| Arabic, Sudanese Creole | Human Language | Arabic language | ||
| Acadian French |
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Human Language | French |
Acadian French (le français acadien) is a variety or dialect of French spoken by francophone Acadian in the Canadian Maritime provinces, the Saint John River Valley in northern Maine, the Magdalen Islands and Havre-Saint-Pierre, along the St....
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| African French |
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French |
African French is the generic name of the varieties of French spoken by an estimated 115 million African people spread across 31 francophone African countries. This includes those who speak French as a first or second language in these 31...
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| Aostan French | French |
Aostan French (French: français d'Aoste) is the dialect of French spoken in the Aosta region of Italy, where there is a significant Francophone population.
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| Swiss French |
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French |
Swiss French is the name used for the variety of French spoken in the French-speaking area of Switzerland known as Romandy. Swiss French is not to be confused with Franco-Provençal or Romansh, two other Romance languages spoken in areas not far...
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| Lao French | French |
Lao French is a dialect of the French language spoken in Laos. The creation of this dialect goes back to the French colonization of Indochina, although since Laos' independence from France, and the Communist takeover, the number of French speakers...
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| Cajun French |
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Human Language | French |
Cajun French (sometimes called Louisiana Regional French ) is one of three varieties or dialects of the French language spoken primarily in the U.S. state of Louisiana, specifically in the southern parishes. Other Louisiana French dialects include...
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| Belgian French |
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French |
Belgian French is the variety of French spoken mainly in the French Community of Belgium, alongside related minority regional language such as Walloon, Picard, Champenois and Gaumais. The French spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,...
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| Canadian French | Human Language | French |
Canadian French is an umbrella term for the varieties of the French language used in Canada. French is the mother tongue of about 7 million Canadians (21% of the Canadian population, compared to 58% for English), and includes the following varieties...
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| Cambodian French | French |
Cambodian French or French Cambodian may refer to:
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| Maghreb French |
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French |
French in Maghreb, French is an administrative language and commonly used though not on an official basis in the Maghreb states, Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. The French language was introduced in the region during the colonial era. The...
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| Newfoundland French | French |
Newfoundland French is a regional dialect of French that was once spoken by French colonists on the island of Newfoundland. It is distinct from other French dialects in Canada, such as the Québecois and Acadian varieties.
France colonized portions...
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| Louisiana Creole French | Human Language | French | ||
| Quebec French | French |
Quebec French (le français québécois, le français du Québec), or less often Québécois French, is the predominant varieties of the French language in Canada, in its formal and informal registers. Quebec French is used in everyday communication, as...
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| Jersey Legal French |
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French |
Jersey Legal French, also known as Jersey French, is the official dialect of French used administratively in Jersey. Since the anglicisation of the island, it survives as a written language for some laws, contracts, and other documents. Jersey's...
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| Swiss German |
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Human Language | German |
Swiss German (Schweizerdeutsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch) is any of the Alemannic dialect spoken in Switzerland and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy. Occasionally, the Alemannic dialects spoken in other countries...
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| Swabian | Human Language | German | ||
| Austro-Bavarian |
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Human Language | German |
Austro-Bavarian or Bavarian is a major group of Upper German varieties. Like standard German, Austro-Bavarian is a High German language, but they are not the same language. However, Austro-Bavarian and Standard German have influenced each other and...
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| East Franconian German |
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German |
East Franconian (Ostfränkisch) is a dialect which is spoken in Bavaria and other areas in Germany around Bamberg, Coburg, Würzburg, Hof and Bayreuth. East Franconian has elements of central German and Upper German. The same goes only for South...
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| Hessian dialect | German |
Hessian (Ger.: Hessisch) is a West Central German dialect group of the German language. The dialect most similar to Hessian is Palatinate German (Ger.: Pfälzisch, pronounced approx. "Feltzish") of the Rhine Franconian sub-family. However, the...
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| Lorraine Franconian | German |
Lorraine Franconian is a designation, in practice ambiguous, for dialect of German spoken in the north-eastern part of the French region of Lorraine. These dialects all belong to the Western Central High German (German: Westmitteldeutsch) group of...
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| Ripuarian | German |
German, Middle German, West Middle German, Ripuarian Ripuarian (Ripoarish or Ripuarisch Platt, literally: "Riverine" or "Riparian Low German") is a West Germanic dialect group spoken in the Rhineland, eastern Belgium and southern Dutch Limburg from...
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| Moselle Franconian | German |
Moselle Franconian is a group of High German dialect spoken in parts of the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, in the south of the German-speaking Community of Belgium, in the neighbouring département of Moselle in...
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| Thuringian | German |
Thuringian is an East Central German dialect spoken in much of the modern German Free State of Thuringia. It is similar to Upper Saxon German. It is one of the Central German dialects with the highest number of speakers.
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| Upper Saxon German | Human Language | German |
Upper Saxon (German: Obersächsisch or colloquially (but incorrectly), Sächsisch) is a Central German dialect spoken in much of the modern German States of Saxony and Thuringia. The degree of accent varies from place to place within the states, with...
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| Low Franconian languages |
![Low Franconian language area with West Meuse-Rhenish: ([5] and [6])](http://www.freebase.com:80/api/trans/image_thumb//wikipedia/images/commons_id/1073810?maxheight=64&mode=fillcropmid&maxwidth=64)
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German |
[[Image:Niederfränkisches Mundartgebiet cropped-nl.png|thumb|300px|left|The European Low Franconian language area (Southeast Limburgish around Aachen and Low Dietsch area in Belgium excluded)]]
Low Franconian, or Low Frankish, is a group of several...
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| Sathmarisch | German |
Sathmarisch is a dialect of High German. Sathmarisch is or was spoken in Romania in Satu Mare by persons of Swabian speaking German origin. Most speakers have emigrated into Western Germany.
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| Siebenbürgisch | German |
Siebenbürgisch is a dialect of High German. Siebenbürgisch is spoken in Romania in Transylvania by persons of mainly Western German origin. Most speakers have emigrated to Western Germany.
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| Wymysorys | German | |||
| Brazilian German | German |
Brazilian German is a generic name for German dialect spoken in Brazil.
German dialects are already in use in Brazil as a result of the German settlement, made by Germans, Swiss, and Austria. These dialects were evolved by foreign borrowings. They...
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| West Central German | German |
West Central German (Westmitteldeutsch) belongs to the Central, High German dialect family in the German language. Its dialects are thoroughly Franconian including the following sub-families:
Apart from West Central German on the southern edge and...
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| Alemán Coloniero | Human Language | German |
Alemán Coloniero, spoken in Colonia Tovar, Venezuela, is a dialect that belongs to the Low Alemannic branch of German.
The language, like other Alemannic dialects is not mutually intelligible with Standard German, is spoken by descendants of...
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| Hollandic |
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Dutch language |
Hollandic or Hollandish (Dutch: Hollands) is, together with Brabantian, the most frequently used dialect of the Dutch language. The other important Low Franconian dialects are East Flemish, West Flemish and Limburgish.
Originally in the later...
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| Frisian language |
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Human Language | Dutch language |
The Frisian languages are a closely related group of Germanic languages, spoken by about 500,000 members of Frisian ethnic group, who live on the southern fringes of the North Sea in Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany. Frisian languages are the...
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| Brabantian |
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Dutch language |
Brabantian or Brabantish, also: Brabantic (Brabantian: Braobans; ) is a dialect group of the Dutch language named after the historical Duchy of Brabant which corresponded mainly to the Dutch province of North Brabant, the Belgian provinces of...
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| Flemish | Dutch language |
Flemish (Vlaams in Dutch) is a popular term used for the variety of the Dutch language spoken in Belgium, otherwise known as Belgian Dutch (Belgisch Nederlands).
Belgian Dutch is one of two spoken, not written, varieties of the Dutch standard...
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| Limburgish language |
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Dutch language |
Limburgish, or Limburgian or Limburgic (Dutch: Limburgs, German: Limburgisch, French: Limbourgeois) is a group of Franconian varieties, spoken in the Limburg and Rhineland regions, near the common Dutch / Belgian / German border. The area in which...
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| Munster Irish | Irish |
Munster Irish is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in the province of Munster. Gaeltacht regions in Munster are found in the Dingle Peninsula Gaeltacht of west Kerry, in the Iveragh Peninsula in south Kerry, in Cape Clear Island off the coast...
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| Connacht Irish |
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Irish |
Connacht Irish is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in the province of Connacht. Gaeltacht regions in Connacht are found in Counties Mayo (notably Tourmakeady, Achill Island and Erris) and Galway (notably in parts of Connemara and on the Aran...
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| Ulster Irish |
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Irish |
Ulster Irish is the dialect of the Irish language spoken in the province of Ulster. The only county in Ulster to include Gaeltacht regions today is Donegal, so that the term Donegal Irish is often used synonymously. In the 1960s, six families in...
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| Csángó |
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Hungarian language |
The Csángó (, plural Ceangăi) are an ethnic group of Roman Catholic faith, some speaking Romanian and some a Hungarian dialect. They live mostly in Bacău County in Romania, with many across the national frontier in the Republic of Moldova.
The...
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| Vietnamese French |
Vietnamese French is a dialect of French spoken in Vietnam. It is often characterized by code switching Vietnamese words for their French counterparts. This dialect dates back to the colonization of Indochina by France.
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