Speakur

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dialect continuum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
di-alec-t -con-tin-u-um
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
7
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Inflected Forms

dialect continuums (plural) dialect continua (plural)

Phrases

language continuum

Frequently Paired Words

language continuum macrolanguage

Synonyms

dialect chain

Questions

What does dialect continuum mean?
A range of dialects that vary slightly across a geographical area, but whose differences accumulate over a certain distance.

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