dialect

geographically- or socially-determined language variety
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dialect

Summary

dialect is a languoid class[1]. dialect draws 1,928 Wikipedia views per month (languoid_class category, ranking #3 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • dialect's instance of is recorded as languoid class[3].
  • dialect is a type of language variety[4].
  • dialect is a type of lect[5].
  • dialect is a type of idiom[6].
  • dialect is part of supradialect[7].
  • dialect's Commons category is recorded as Dialects[8].
  • dialect's said to be the same as is recorded as subdialect[9].
  • dialect comprises subdialect[10].
  • dialect comprises dialectism[11].
  • dialect's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dialects[12].
  • dialect's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Linguistics[13].
  • dialect's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[14].
  • dialect's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • dialect's described by source is recorded as Soziolinguistika Hiztegia[16].
  • dialect's main Wikidata property is recorded as P4913[17].
  • dialect's different from is recorded as vernacular[18].
  • dialect's different from is recorded as regional language[19].
  • dialect's studied by is recorded as linguistics[20].
  • dialect's studied by is recorded as dialectology[21].
  • dialect's studied by is recorded as sociolinguistics[22].
  • dialect's exact match is recorded as https://ontology.londisizwe.org/mola#Dialect[23].
  • dialect's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q20610554[24].
  • dialect's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q13176372[25].
  • dialect's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26].

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Definition and Type

dialect's instance of is recorded as languoid class[3]. Recorded subclass of include language variety[4], lect[5], and idiom[6].

Use and Application

Components include subdialect[10], a languoid class[27] and dialectism[11], a specialized term[28]. dialect is part of supradialect[7].

Why It Matters

dialect draws 1,928 Wikipedia views per month (languoid_class category, ranking #3 of 23).[2] dialect has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] dialect is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from vernacular, regional language
    Subclass of language variety, lect, idiom
    Instance of
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7381, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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