SLLa form of a language which is spoken only in one area, with words or grammar that are slightly different from other forms of the same language 方言,地方话,土语 → accent
local dialect• The information will be collected through collaborative teacher-pupil classroomprojects on local dialect.• The narrator uses the local dialect where necessary.• Many of the campesinos were illiterate; some spoke only their local dialects.
Origindialect
(1500-1600)Frenchdialecte, from Greekdialektos“conversation, dialect”, from dialegesthai“to talk to someone”