Dialect
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A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standardized varieties as well as vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardized varieties, such as those used in developing countries or isolated areas.
The non-standard dialects of a language with a writing system will operate at different degrees of distance from the standardized written form.