# Subdialect

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{{Short description|Small variety of a language within a dialect}}
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'''Subdialect''' (from Latin {{wikt-lang|la|sub-}}, "under", and [Ancient Greek](/source/Ancient_Greek) {{wikt-lang|grc|διάλεκτος}}, ''diálektos'', "discourse") is a [linguistic](/source/linguistics) term designating a [dialectological](/source/dialectology) category between the levels of [dialect](/source/dialect) and [idiolect](/source/idiolect). Subdialects are basic subdivisions of a dialect.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subdialect Definition of Subdialect by Merriam-Webster]</ref> Subdialects can be divided further, ultimately down to idiolects. Subdialects of one dialect are generally quite close to each other, differing mainly in [pronunciation](/source/pronunciation) and certain local words.

== See also ==
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* [Accent (dialect)](/source/Accent_(dialect))
* [Variety (linguistics)](/source/Variety_(linguistics))
* [Language cluster](/source/Language_cluster)
* [Dubrovnik subdialect](/source/Dubrovnik_subdialect)
* [Laško subdialect](/source/La%C5%A1ko_subdialect)
* [Lwów subdialect](/source/Lw%C3%B3w_subdialect)
* [Supradialect](/source/Supradialect)
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== References ==
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== Literature ==
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* Joseph R. Applegate, "Phonological Rules of a Subdialect of English", Word, vol. 17/2 (1961), p.&nbsp;186-193.
* Asta Leskauskaite, "The Periphery Subdialects of Southwestern Lithuania and the Slavic Languages", Acta Baltico-Slavica, 30 (2006), p.&nbsp;391-402. 
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Category:Dialects
Category:Language varieties and styles

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