Sentence examples for dialect speaking from inspiring English sources

What disturbed her most, she says, was how westerners looked down on the girl from the east, "which is why I decided at the age of 14 or 15 to abolish all signs of an accent or dialect, speaking only high German, so that I wouldn't stick out".

All interviews were conducted by the same researcher in Swiss German (an Alemannic dialect spoken in the "German-speaking" parts of Switzerland).

At about the same time, the Akkadian language divided into the Assyrian dialect, spoken in northern Mesopotamia, and the Babylonian dialect, spoken in southern Mesopotamia.

Castilian, which contains many words of Arabic origin, began as a dialect spoken in northern Spain.

A pdf of a Mahafaly dictionary, the dialect spoken in the region, may be downloaded here.

His mother had taken an interest in the Gullah dialect spoken by Charleston's blacks.

This is one of the few places where you'll hear the Venetian dialect spoken.

Or a borrowing from the West Country dialect spoken by Browning's hated paternal grandfather?

The three major dialects of Mari are the Meadow dialect, spoken in Mari El and north of the Volga River; the Mountain (Hill) dialect, spoken mostly south of the Volga, between the Volga and Sura rivers (Chuvashiya republic); and the Eastern dialect, spoken around the Kama River.

One dialect which is still widely used today is the Kansai dialect (spoken in the cities of Kyoto and Osaka).

On its edge is an inscription in a Doric dialect spoken in the Greek colonies of Sicily.