speak a dialect

Frequency: 8.518.5 per million words

to be able to communicate using a specific dialect

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Examples (10)

  • My grandparents speak a local dialect that is hard for outsiders to understand.
  • Can you still speak the regional dialect you grew up with?
  • She is learning to speak the specific dialect of that province for her linguistic research.
  • He has always spoken a non-standard dialect, which sometimes causes misunderstandings in the city.
  • Speaking a rural dialect is a source of pride for many people in this community.
  • To truly connect with the locals, you must be able to speak their northern dialect.
  • If I lived in Sicily, I would try to learn to speak the Italian dialect spoken there.
  • Although he was born there, he no longer speaks his native dialect after living abroad for so long.
  • It's fascinating how people from the same country can speak a dialect so different it's almost another language.
  • The linguist documented several elderly residents who still speak a rare ancient dialect.