dialect

B2 noun

Các nghĩa

phương ngữ

A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).

strict-sense

Comparative wordlists of two dialects of Yoruba with Igala.
thổ ngữ · phương ngữ · phương ngôn

A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.

broadly
tiếng địa phương bị coi là sai

Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.

derogatory

Well, those children don't speak dialect, not in this school. Maybe in the public schools, but not here.
ngôn ngữ truyền miệng

A language existing only in an oral or non-standardized form, especially a language spoken in a developing country or an isolated region.

colloquial · offensive
biến thể ngôn ngữ lập trình

A variant of a non-standardized programming language.

Home computers in the 1980s had many incompatible dialects of BASIC.
giọng hót địa phương

A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.