dialect continuum

English

Noun

dialect continuum (plural dialect continuums or dialect continua)

(linguistics) A range of dialects that vary slightly across a geographical area, but whose differences accumulate over a certain distance.
Synonym: dialect chain

Translations

a range of dialects

Chinese:
Mandarin: 方言連續體／方言连续体 (fāngyán liánxùtǐ)
Dutch: dialectcontinuüm n
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: murrejatkumo
French: continuum dialectal (fr) m
German: Dialektkontinuum (de) n
Greek: διαλεκτικό συνεχές n (dialektikó synechés)
Hungarian: dialektuskontinuum (hu), nyelvjáráskontinuum
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: диале́ктный конти́нуум m (dialéktnyj kontínuum)
Spanish: continuo dialectal m
Vietnamese: chuỗi phương ngữ, dãy phương ngữ
West Frisian: dialektkontinuum n

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