dialect continuum

English

Noun

dialect continuum (plural dialect continuums or dialect continua)

(linguistics) A range of dialects that vary slightly by region, so that the further apart two regions are, the more the language differs.

Translations

a range of dialects

Chinese:
Mandarin: 方言連續體, 方言连续体 (fāngyán liánxùtǐ)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: murrejatkumo
French: continuum dialectal (fr) m

German: Dialektkontinuum (de) n
Greek: διαλεκτικό συνεχές n (dialektikó synechés)
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: диале́ктный конти́нуум m (dialéktnyj kontínuum)
Vietnamese: chuỗi phương ngữ, dãy phương ngữ

See also

language continuum

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