Sentence examples for dialect and language from inspiring English sources

In practice, however, the terms dialect and language can be used with reasonable agreement.

Sometimes sociopolitical factors play a role in drawing the distinction between dialect and language.

Their language is the main dialect and language of the Efik-Ibibio group of the Benue-Congo branch of Niger-Congo languages.

The author of some 127 papers on the subject, Dr. Baptista is among the world's leading experts on bird song, dialect and language.

By 1997 more than 281 dialect and language translations had been produced.

The relative ethnic homogeneity prevailing in Guangdong stands in contrast to the great diversity of dialects and languages.

Mariéme uses her knowledge of African dialects and languages to facilitate communication between governments, investors, businesses and communities in Africa.

(He primarily used the Tuscan dialect, which would become standard literary Italian, but his vivid vocabulary ranged widely over many dialects and languages).

In the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries in India there was a tremendous production of mystic (Ṣūfī and bhakti) poetry in all of the important dialects and languages.

For weeks, in Tahrir Square and elsewhere, demonstrators were telling President Hosni Mubarak to leave, playfully using a variety of dialects and languages to get the idea across.

According to their interrogation reports, the militiamen believed that militants from other countries were also being trained at the camp, an impression based on hearing snippets of conversations in other dialects and languages.