They spoke a classical Arabic dialect rather than a local Syrian one, a factor that indicates they may be foreign fighters, reports added.
a porridgey mix of country dialect and classical allusion.
This battle extends into the two languages the characters speak: classical Italian and a dialect that is rude, crude but often more truthful.
Written in Avadhi, a literary dialect of classical Hindi, the poem has become the most beloved retelling of the ancient Ramayana story across northern India.
Orff's controversial cantatas, by contrast, set medieval German poetry (in Latin and Bavarian dialect), and classical texts by Catullus, Sappho and Euripides in the original languages, along with additional Latin lyrics by the composer himself, a trained "humanist".
The Rhaetian, or Rhaeto-Romanic, dialects derive their conventional name from the ancient Raeti of the Adige area, who, according to Classical authors, spoke an Etruscan dialect (see Raetian language).
Doric was one of the major dialects of the Classical Greek language, along with the Ionic-Attic, Aeolic, and Arcado-Cypriot dialect groups.
"Vedic, dating back at least 4,000 years, is the earliest dialect of this classical language of India," was one of the clues given by host Alex Trebek.
When challenged on his poor language skills he would use the Basil Fawlty defence: "I learned classical Spanish, not that strange dialect you seem to have picked up".
