dialect

Some also say that the programmes are built around the use of standardised language - English or French - and so cannot accurately interpret texts that use dialect from places like the Caribbean.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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

A crowd then gathered around the corpse, singing a dirge in a local Swahili dialect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Bardem worked with renowned dialect coach Tim Monich to infuse his speech with a hint of a Southern drawl, aware that his character didn’t have to sound like a native speaker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

He spoke the coarse Kottayam dialect of Malayalam.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

The Prespa lakes region is home to herding peoples, the Vlachs and Sarakatsani, who seem to be vanishing, taking their dialects with them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Five episodes were released in Yolngu Matha, a collection of dialects from north-east Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Quebeckers accused him, among other things, of “glottophobia”—prejudice against dialects or accents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Still, young Singaporeans have shown growing interest in connecting with their heritage, from learning the dwindling dialects of their grandparents to taking lessons and organising trips to ancestral hometowns in China.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

They never answered when she spoke to them, as if they did not understand Spanish, and when they spoke among themselves they always whispered or used one of the mountain dialects.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende