dialect continuum

noun

A range of dialects that vary slightly across a geographical area, but whose differences accumulate over a certain distance.

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dialect chain
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Meanings

noundialect continuum (plural dialect continuums or dialect continua)

plural dialect continuums · plural dialect continua

  1. human sciencesA range of dialects that vary slightly across a geographical area, but whose differences accumulate over a certain distance.

    Synonyms: dialect chain

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA range of dialects that vary slightly across a geographical area, but whose differences accumulate over a certain distance.

Similar
dialect chain
Also see
dialect chainl-complex

Translations

Basque dialekto-continuum, continuum dialektokoa
  • dialekto-continuuma range of dialects
  • continuum dialektokoaa range of dialects
Catalan contínuum dialectal, continu dialectal
  • contínuum dialectala range of dialects
  • continu dialectala range of dialects
Chinese Mandarin 方言連續體 /方言连续体
  • 方言連續體 /方言连续体 (fāngyán liánxùtǐ)a range of dialects
Dutch dialectcontinuüm
  • dialectcontinuüma range of dialects
Finnish murrejatkumo
  • murrejatkumoa range of dialects
French continuum dialectal
  • continuum dialectala range of dialects
German Dialektkontinuum
  • Dialektkontinuuma range of dialects
Greek διαλεκτικό συνεχές
  • διαλεκτικό συνεχές (dialektikó synechés)a range of dialects
Hungarian dialektuskontinuum, nyelvjáráskontinuum
  • dialektuskontinuuma range of dialects
  • nyelvjáráskontinuuma range of dialects
Polish kontinuum dialektalne
  • kontinuum dialektalnea range of dialects
Portuguese contínuo dialetal
  • contínuo dialetala range of dialects
Russian диале́ктный конти́нуум
  • диале́ктный конти́нуум (dialéktnyj kontínuum)a range of dialects
Spanish continuo dialectal, contínuum dialectal
  • continuo dialectala range of dialects
  • contínuum dialectala range of dialects
  • contínuum geolectala range of dialects
  • complejo dialectala range of dialects
  • continuo geolectala range of dialects
  • complejo geolectala range of dialects
Ukrainian діале́ктний конти́нуум
  • діале́ктний конти́нуум (dialéktnyj kontýnuum)a range of dialects
Vietnamese chuỗi phương ngữ, dãy phương ngữ
  • chuỗi phương ngữa range of dialects
  • dãy phương ngữa range of dialects
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APA

dialect continuum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialect%20continuum

MLA

“dialect continuum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialect%20continuum. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dialect continuum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dialect%20continuum.

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