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dialectologic

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di⋅a⋅lec⋅tol⋅o⋅gy

  [dahy-uh-lek-tol-uh-jee]
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–noun, plural -gies for 2.
1. Linguistics. the study dealing with dialects and dialect features.
2. the linguistic features of a dialect or of the dialects of a language.
Origin:
1875–80; dialect + -o- + -logy

Related forms:
di⋅a⋅lec⋅to⋅log⋅ic  [dahy-uh-lek-tl-oj-ik] , di⋅a⋅lec⋅to⋅log⋅i⋅cal, adjective
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