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1. Dialect

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   A dialect is a variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular group of the language's speakers, typically associated with a specific geographic area or social class. While often contrasted with "standard language," which is usually codified and serves official or prestige functions, dialects exist on a continuum, with mutual intelligibility often serving as an imperfect boundary between distinct languages and differe…