regionalect

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Etymology

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Blend of region +‎ dialect

Noun

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regionalect (plural regionalects)

  1. A dialect spoken in a particular geographical region.
    • 2005, J. Makeham, Cultural, Ethnic, and Political Nationalism in Contemporary Taiwan: Bentuhua, page 92:
      Although the government regulated against speaking Taiwanese regionalects in school, it was much more lenient before 1970, at least in the degree of strictness in enforcing regulations against the offenders.

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