dialect atlas

dialect atlas

noun Linguistics.
a collection of maps of a certain area indicating the distribution of various phonological, morphological, lexical, or other features of the dialects of that area.

Origin:
1930–35
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Dialect atlas is always a great word to know.
So is cognate. Does it mean:
the classification of languages according to structural features such as patterns of phonology, morphology, and syntax, excluding their histories
descended from the same language or form
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dialect atlas
 
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another term for linguistic atlas

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