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The study of dialects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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the branch of philology that is devoted to the study of dialects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: linguistics, philology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *légō Ancient Greek λέγω (légō) Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι (dialégomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (dĭắlektos)bor. Latin dialectoslbor. Middle French dialectebor. English dialect Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English dialectology From dialect + -o- + -logy.
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
dialektologie
— study of dialects
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Afrikaans:
variasietaalkunde
— study of dialects
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Arabic:
عِلْم اللَّهْجَات
(ʕilm al-lahjāt)
— study of dialects
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Armenian:
բարբառագիտություն
(barbaṙagitutʻyun)
— study of dialects
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Azerbaijani:
dialektologiya
— study of dialects
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Azerbaijani:
ləhcəşünaslıq
— study of dialects
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Bengali:
উপভাষাতত্ত্ব
(upobhaśatotto)
— study of dialects
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Bulgarian:
диалектоло́гия
(dialektológija)
— study of dialects
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Catalan:
dialectologia
— study of dialects
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Chinese Mandarin:
方言學 /方言学
(fāngyánxué)
— study of dialects
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Crimean Tatar:
şiveşınaslıq
— study of dialects
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Czech:
dialektologie
— study of dialects
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Danish:
dialektologi
— study of dialects
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Danish:
dialektforskning
— study of dialects
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Dutch:
dialectologie
— study of dialects
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Estonian:
dialektoloogia
— study of dialects
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Finnish:
dialektologia
— study of dialects
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French:
dialectologie
— study of dialects
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Galician:
dialectoloxía
— study of dialects
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Georgian:
დიალექტოლოგია
(dialekṭologia)
— study of dialects
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German:
Dialektologie
— study of dialects
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German:
Mundartforschung
— study of dialects
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German:
Dialektforschung
— study of dialects
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Greek:
διαλεκτολογία
(dialektología)
— study of dialects
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Hebrew:
דיאלקטולוגיה
(dialeqt'ologia)
— study of dialects
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Hungarian:
dialektológia
— study of dialects
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Hungarian:
nyelvjárástan
— study of dialects
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Icelandic:
mállýskufræði
— study of dialects
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Italian:
dialettologia
— study of dialects
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Japanese:
方言学
(hōgengaku)
— study of dialects
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Khmer:
គ្រាមភាសាវិទ្យា
(kriem phiesaa vityie)
— study of dialects
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Khmer:
ប្រាក្រឹតវិទ្យា
(bra kruet vityie)
— study of dialects
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Korean:
방언학
(bang'eonhak)
— study of dialects
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Latvian:
dialektoloģija
— study of dialects
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Lithuanian:
dialektològija
— study of dialects
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Lithuanian:
tarmė́tyra
— study of dialects
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Macedonian:
дијалектологија
(dijalektologija)
— study of dialects
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Mongolian:
ᠠᠮᠠᠨ ᠠᠶᠠᠯᠭᠤ ᠰᠤᠳᠤᠯᠤᠯ
(aman ayalɣu sudulul)
— study of dialects
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Mongolian:
аман аялгуу судлал
(aman ajalguu sudlal)
— study of dialects
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Norman:
dgialectologie
— study of dialects
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Norwegian Bokmål:
dialektologi
— study of dialects
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Norwegian Bokmål:
dialektforsking
— study of dialects
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Norwegian Bokmål:
dialektforskning
— study of dialects
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
dialektologi
— study of dialects
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
dialektforsking
— study of dialects
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Polish:
dialektologia
— study of dialects
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Polish:
gwaroznawstwo
— study of dialects
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Portuguese:
dialetologia
— study of dialects
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Romagnol:
dialetologì
— study of dialects
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Romagnol:
dialetologèja
— study of dialects
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Romanian:
dialectologie
— study of dialects
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Russian:
диалектоло́гия
(dialektológija)
— study of dialects
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Serbo-Croatian:
дијалектологија
— study of dialects
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Serbo-Croatian:
dijalektologija
— study of dialects
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Slovak:
dialektológia
— study of dialects
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Slovene:
dialektologija
— study of dialects
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Slovene:
narečjeslovje
— study of dialects
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Upper Sorbian:
dialektologija
— study of dialects
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Spanish:
dialectología
— study of dialects
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Swedish:
dialektforskning
— study of dialects
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Tagalog:
palawikainan
— study of dialects
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Turkish:
diyalektoloji
— study of dialects
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Turkish:
lehçebilim
— study of dialects
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Ukrainian:
діалектоло́гія
(dialektolóhija)
— study of dialects
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Uzbek:
dialektologiya
— study of dialects
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Vietnamese:
thổ ngữ học
— study of dialects
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Vietnamese:
phương ngữ học
— study of dialects
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Welsh:
tafodieitheg
— study of dialects
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Yiddish:
דיאַלעקטאָלאָגיע
(dyalektologye)
— study of dialects