#334 dialect

dialect- a from of a language spoken in a particular geographical area or by members of a particular social class or occupational group, distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation

C16 from Latin dialectus, from Greek dialektos speech

Assyrian tongue differed only in dialect from the Hebrew.

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