Sentence examples for major dialect patterns from inspiring English sources

There are three major dialect patterns within which the various individual dialects may be classified: Northern Pashto (Pakhto), which is the variety spoken along the Afghanistan border and in and around Peshawar; Central Pashto, also called Waziri and Bannochi, spoken in Waziristan, Bannu, and Karak; and Southern Pashto, spoken in Balochistan and Quetta.

Southern dialect patterns, by contrast, are "shrinking slightly," he said.

These represent three major dialect areas: east, as in the inscriptions of Jaugaḍa, Dhauli, and Kālsī; west, in Girnār; and northwest, in Mānsehrā and Shāhbāzgaṛhī.

Another major dialect spoken is Hakka.

We restricted recruitment to the two major dialect groups of Chinese in Singapore, the Hokkiens and the Cantonese.

Recruitment was restricted only to men and women of Chinese ethnicity (from the two major dialect groups, Hokkiens and Cantonese) aged between 45 and 74 years.

The age eligibility criterion was 45 74 years and recruitment was restricted to the two major dialect groups of Chinese in Singapore, the Hokkiens and the Cantonese.

We restricted the study to individuals belonging to the two major dialect groups of Chinese in Singapore: the Hokkiens and the Cantonese.

The eligible age range for cohort enrollment was 45 74 years, and was restricted to the two major dialect groups of Chinese in Singapore, Hokkien, and Cantonese.

Briefly, the cohort was drawn from men and women, aged 45 74 years, who belonged to one of the major dialect groups (Hokkien or Cantonese) of Chinese in Singapore.

Participants were Singapore citizens or permanent residents who lived in government-built housing estates, and belonged to either of two major dialect groups: Hokkien or Cantonese.