{{Short description|Small variety of a language within a dialect}} {{distinguish|Supradialect}} '''Subdialect''' (from Latin {{wikt-lang|la|sub-}}, "under", and Ancient Greek {{wikt-lang|grc|διάλεκτος}}, ''diálektos'', "discourse") is a linguistic term designating a dialectological category between the levels of dialect and 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 and certain local words.
== See also == {{colbegin}} * Accent (dialect) * Variety (linguistics) * Language cluster * Dubrovnik subdialect * Laško subdialect * Lwów subdialect * Supradialect {{colend}}
== References == {{reflist|2}}
== Literature == {{refbegin|2}} * Joseph R. Applegate, "Phonological Rules of a Subdialect of English", Word, vol. 17/2 (1961), p. 186-193. * Asta Leskauskaite, "The Periphery Subdialects of Southwestern Lithuania and the Slavic Languages", Acta Baltico-Slavica, 30 (2006), p. 391-402. {{refend}}
Category:Dialects Category:Language varieties and styles
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