"dialect continuum" meaning in English

See dialect continuum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: dialect continuums [plural], dialect continua [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|dialect continua}} dialect continuum (plural dialect continuums or dialect continua)
  1. (linguistics) A range of dialects that vary slightly across a geographical area, but whose differences accumulate over a certain distance. Wikipedia link: dialect continuum Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: dialect chain Related terms: language continuum, macrolanguage Translations (a range of dialects): 方言連續體 (Chinese Mandarin), 方言连续体 (fāngyán liánxùtǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), dialectcontinuüm [neuter] (Dutch), murrejatkumo (Finnish), continuum dialectal [masculine] (French), Dialektkontinuum [neuter] (German), διαλεκτικό συνεχές (dialektikó synechés) [neuter] (Greek), dialektuskontinuum (Hungarian), nyelvjáráskontinuum (Hungarian), диале́ктный конти́нуум (dialéktnyj kontínuum) [masculine] (Russian), continuo dialectal [masculine] (Spanish), chuỗi phương ngữ (Vietnamese), dãy phương ngữ (Vietnamese), dialektkontinuum [neuter] (West Frisian)

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