方言|ほうげんhougen[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. noundialect; provincialism
   いわゆる「標準ひょうじゅん英語えいご」とは世界中せかいじゅうで話はなされている数かず多おおい方言ほうげんのうちの１つにすぎない。↗

   What we call 'Standard English' is only one of the many dialects spoken all over the world.

• Synonym訛り言葉NeutralAccented speech; a descriptive way of referring to it. 「方言」 is a full local language system, not just how it sounds.
• RelatedなまりNeutralAn accent or tone of speech, centered on pronunciation. 「方言」 is the whole local variety, not merely its sound.
• Related方音ほうおんWrittenA written/formal term for a dialect's pronunciation features, focused on sound. 「方言」 covers vocabulary and grammar as well.
• Antonym共通語きょうつうごNeutralA language understood throughout the country; the counterpart to the locally rooted 「方言」.
• Antonym標準語ひょうじゅんごNeutralThe standard language, contrasted with regional 「方言」; often used in education.

Use 「方言」 for a local language system, as in 「関西方言」. For accent, say 「訛り」; for a nationwide common language, 「共通語」; for the standard language, 「標準語」.

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1. ある言語げんご体系たいけいにおける地域ちいき的てきな違ちがいまたは、違ちがった言語げんご体系たいけい。方言ほうげんか類縁るいえん別個べっこの言語げんごかを区別くべつする基準きじゅんは曖昧あいまいである。