dialects

noun

plural of dialect
as in languages
the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field the promotional team for the new computer used a dialect full of acronyms that the press found difficult to follow

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Recent Examples of dialects Sometimes the problem is not translation at all, but meanings that shift between two dialects of the same language. — Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 23 July 2026 Korea and China just demonstrated, in their very different dialects, that friction can be deliberately put back. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 In India, the book Why Tibet Matters has been translated into 15 local dialects to galvanize solidarity among the host community. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026 Unlike the brighter, more melodic style often associated with Austria and the Tyrol region, Swiss yodeling is slower and more melancholic — an emotionally nuanced tradition rooted in distinct regional dialects. — Jez Fielder, Fortune, 30 June 2026 In our day, before there was the interweb, 30 to 40 interviews a week, promoting stuff back-to-back-to-back in all dialects and languages. — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 25 June 2026 It is also being distributed internationally and has been translated into French, Spanish, German and three Greenlandic dialects. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 June 2026 The small cadre of community radio stations in coastal Bangladesh, using local dialects, provide an early-warning system against tsunamis, flooding, and cyclones. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 Planting seasons, river baptisms, torture, prayers, African dialects, poverty, massacres, lynchings. — Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
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  1. languages
  2. vocabularies
  3. idioms
Noun
  • Local players globally are building AI-native products on local rails, in local languages, with local licenses and with local context, years before that attention arrives.
    — Alex Lazarow, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Lawmakers in New Zealand have passed a bill to make English one of the country’s official languages.
    — Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of languages
Noun
  • This requires deployment at the edge, integration into proprietary data pipelines, fine-tuning for domain-specific vocabularies, and compliance with local data sovereignty laws.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • This gap can help explain why some children’s vocabularies grow so much faster than others.
    — Michelle Kearney, The Conversation, 7 July 2026
Definition of vocabularies
Noun
  • On the one hand, the translation serves as a source for the idioms of nineteenth-century English; on the other, as evidence of the ideas that the translator held about a Colombian woman writer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
  • The film’s look is inspired by ink wash paintings and wood blocks, moving fluidly between different visual idioms.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
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