dialect continuum

English

Noun

dialect continuum (plural dialect continuums or dialect continua)

1. (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

See also

• language continuum
• macrolanguage