English Explanatory Dictionary

dialect continuum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A range of dialects that vary slightly across a geographical area, but whose differences accumulate over a certain distance.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

dialect continuum dialect continuums dialect continua

Synonyms

dialect chain

Related words

language continuum macrolanguage
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