different between dialect vs dialog

English

Etymology

From Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, dialectus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diálektos, “conversation, the language of a country or a place or a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language”), from ?????????? (dialégomai, “I participate in a dialogue”), from ??? (diá, “inter, through”) + ???? (lég?, “I speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?.??l?kt/

Noun

dialect (plural dialects)

1. (linguistics) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or social group, differing from other varieties of the same language in relatively minor ways as regards grammar, phonology, and lexicon.

   Hyponyms: sociolect, ethnolect, regiolect, geolect
2. (derogatory) Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.
3. (colloquial) A language existing only in an oral or non-standardized form, especially a language spoken in a developing country or an isolated region.

   Synonym: vernacular

4. (colloquial) A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Cantonese as contrasted with Mandarin Chinese, or Bavarian as contrasted with Standard German).

   Synonyms: vernacular, (often derogatory) patois

5. (computing, programming) A variant of a non-standardized programming language.

6. (ornithology) A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.

Usage notes

• In some linguistic traditions, the term "dialect" is restricted to nonstandard lects. In scholarly English usage, it refers to both standardized and vernacular forms of language.
• The difference between a language and a dialect is not always clear, and often has more to do with political boundaries than with linguistic differences. It is generally considered that people who speak different dialects of the same language can understand each other, while people who speak different languages cannot, however, in some cases, people who speak different dialects of the same language are mutually unintelligible. Compare species in the biological sense.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Meronyms

• idiolect

See also

• dialogue

References

Further reading

• "dialect" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 105.
• Crystal, David (2008) , “dialect”, in A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 6 edition, Blackwell Publishing, ?ISBN
• Fodde Melis, Luisanna; (2002) Race, Ethnicity and Dialects: Language Policy and Ethnic Minorities in the United States, FrancoAngeli, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• citadel, dactile, deltaic, edictal, lactide

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French dialecte, from Latin dialectos, dialectus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (diálektos, “conversation, the language of a country or a place or a nation, the local idiom which derives from a dominant language”), from ?????????? (dialégomai, “I participate in a dialogue”), from ??? (diá, “inter, through”) + ???? (lég?, “I speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dija??l?kt/
• Hyphenation: di?a?lect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

dialect n (plural dialecten, diminutive dialectje n)

1. (linguistics) dialect (language variety)
2. non-standard dialect; vernacular

   Synonyms: streektaal, mondaard

Derived terms

• dialectgroep

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dialek
• ? Indonesian: dialek

Anagrams

• citadel

Romanian

Etymology

From French dialecte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.a?lekt/

Noun

dialect n (plural dialecte)

1. (linguistics) language socially subordinate to a regional or national standard language, often historically cognate to the standard, but not a variety of it or in any other sense derived from it
2. (colloquial) dialect

Declension

Derived terms

• subdialect

See also

• idiom, grai, limbaj, limb?

English

Alternative forms

• dialogue

Etymology

From Middle English dialog (“A literary discussion or a work written as one”), from Old French dialogue, from Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from ??? (diá, “through, inter”) + ????? (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from ?????????? (dialégomai, “to converse”), from ??? (diá) + ?????? (légein, “to speak”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?da??l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?da??l??/

Noun

dialog (countable and uncountable, plural dialogs) (American spelling)

1. A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.
2. In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.
3. A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.
   • 1475, Higden's Polychronicon:

     Seynte Aldelme returnyde to Briteyne..makenge mony noble bookes ... of the rewles of feete metricalle, of metaplasmus, of dialog metricalle.

4. (computing) A dialog box.
   • 2002, Christopher Tacke, Timothy Bassett, Embedded Visual Basic: Windows CE and Pocket PC Mobile Applications

     You'll be prompted with the New Project dialog (see Figure 1.11) from which you'll have at least two types of projects from which to choose […]

Antonyms

• introspection
• monolog
• multilog

Derived terms

Related terms

• dialect
• dialectic

Translations

Verb

dialog (third-person singular simple present dialogs, present participle dialoging, simple past and past participle dialoged)

1. (American spelling, informal, business) To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.

Translations

Anagrams

• Goliad, algoid

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?jalok]
• Hyphenation: dia?log

Noun

dialog m inan

1. dialog

Declension

Related terms

• See logos

Further reading

• dialog in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• dialog in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Indonesian

Noun

dialog (first-person possessive dialogku, second-person possessive dialogmu, third-person possessive dialognya)

1. dialog

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dyaloge, dialoge, diolag, dialok, dialogge

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French dialogue, from Latin dialogus, from Ancient Greek ???????? (diálogos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?al??(?)/, /?di?al???(?)/

Noun

dialog (plural dialogges)

1. A literary discussion or a work written as one.
2. (rare) An organised talk between two people.

Descendants

• English: dialog, dialogue

References

• “d?al??g, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-20.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

dia- +? -log; from Ancient Greek ???????? (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from ??? (diá, “through, inter”) + ????? (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from ?????????? (dialég?mai, “to converse”), from ??? (diá) + ?????? (légein, “to speak”).

Noun

dialog m (definite singular dialogen, indefinite plural dialoger, definite plural dialogene)

1. dialog (US) or dialogue

Synonyms

• samtale

Derived terms

• dialogsamtale

Related terms

• monolog

References

• “dialog” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

dia- +? -log; from Ancient Greek ???????? (diálogos, “conversation, discourse”), from ??? (diá, “through, inter”) + ????? (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse”), from ?????????? (dialég?mai, “to converse”), from ??? (diá) + ?????? (légein, “to speak”).

Noun

dialog m (definite singular dialogen, indefinite plural dialogar, definite plural dialogane)

1. dialog (US) or dialogue

Synonyms

• samtale

Derived terms

• dialogsamtale

Related terms

• monolog

References

• “dialog” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dja.l?k/

Noun

dialog m inan

1. dialog (conversation or other discourse between individuals)

Declension

Synonyms

• rozmowa

Romanian

Etymology

From French dialogue

Noun

dialog n (plural dialoguri)

1. dialogue

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

dia- +? -log

Noun

dialog c

1. dialog

Declension