See also language variety, standard English (For issues to do with pronunciation see accent. What counts as a language rather than a dialect is a difficult issue to do with politics as well as linguistics, see Creoles for a discussion of languages...

A linguistic system (in the sense of langue ( langue vs parole)) that (a) shows a high degree of similarity to other systems so that at least partial mutual intelligibility is possible; (b) is tied to a specific region in such a way that the regional...

Two levels of linguistic variation within Chinese are referred to as fangyan, usually translated ‘dialect’ but preferentially now following Victor Mair as ‘topolect’, ‘language of a place’. At one level, linguists...

Together with local opera and radio, the film industry adopted both Mandarin and local (subnational) languages, but by the early 1970s in Taiwan and Hong Kong investment in these productions had all but vanished, while in the People’s Republic...

A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers.[1] The term is applied most often to regional speech patterns, but a dialect may also be defined by...

Do dialects have a worthwhile role in our modern language in addition to standard English, or should they be discouraged? Using standard English makes communication between countries easier and technological advances greater. However, the acceptance of dialects would promote racial tolerance and give everyone a sense of uniqueness and a sense of patriotism.