dialect > define

noun

• The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.
  • usage: "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"
  • synonyms: idiom, accent

• (n.) The form of speech of a limited region or people, as distinguished from ether forms nearly related to it; a variety or subdivision of a language; speech characterized by local peculiarities or specific circumstances; as, the Ionic and Attic were dialects of Greece; the Yorkshire dialect; the dialect of the learned.
• (n.) Means or mode of expressing thoughts; language; tongue; form of speech.