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subdialectal

subdialectal

English

Adjective

subdialectal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a subdialect.
    • 1980, Lawrence M. Foley, Phonological variation in western Cherokee, ISBN 0824045521, page 206:
      It should also be pointed out that, while the western group as a whole enjoys more prestige than the eastern group, numerous subdialectal differences exist within the West.