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[dahy-uh-lekt] / ˈdaɪ əˌlɛkt /


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The new dialect will make it harder for humans to monitor what they are doing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Many deaf children in Kenya learn a patchwork of makeshift signs, and the local dialect lacks many technical terms used to teach subjects like maths and biology.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Yet the director considers the series’ standout moments to be those in Mallorquin, Nadal’s native Catalan dialect, in which the athlete appears at his most natural.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

He added: "It's the one that we suffer from the most - the social markers, the local dialect, who you are, and where you should be in life, because of how you speak."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

When he spoke, it was in a low rasp, in the jíbaro dialect, his lips in an apologetic half smile.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

“I don’t speak their dialects, but I speak Taiwanese.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

In a post on Facebook, opposition MP Dennis Tan hailed dialects as "the living, breathing repositories of our forefathers' journeys, customs, and identity".

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

But Twain’s greatest discovery was his gloriously unshackled literary style, which was inspired by local dialects and liberated from European refinements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

At the back of the arena, a teleprompter keeps her on track, too - which is fair enough, when her album incorporates 14 different languages and dialects.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

A complete answer to that question would be long and complex, since Western music, like any living language shared by many different communities, has many "local dialects."

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones


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