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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
María’s narration is marked by Colombian slang and the rhythms of its dialect, but it is also mixed with references to Hitchcock films and theories about Rolling Stone Brian Jones’s 1969 death.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
And then there are just simply words in the American dialect that can take me down, like “murderer” or “world,” sometimes “girl” is tricky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
He admitted in 2024 that his grasp on the dialect was “horrible.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The Volantene dialect was as new to him as it was to Tyrion, so every day they learned a few more words whilst Haldon corrected their mistakes.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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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
“I don’t speak their dialects, but I speak Taiwanese.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 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
It's not just the dialects that are disappearing, but also the traditions that came with them.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
“Mother,” they called to her, in the dialects of Astapor, Lys, and Old Volantis, in guttural Dothraki and the liquid syllables of Qarth, even in the Common Tongue ofWesterns.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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