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Dialect continuum

A dialect continuum or dialect chain is a series of language varieties spoken across some geographical area such that neighboring varieties are mutually intelligible, but the differences accumulate over distance so that widely separated varieties may not be. This is a typical occurrence with widely spread languages and language families around the world, …

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Dialect geography

Relationship with standard varieties

Europe

Middle East

Turkic

Indo-Aryan languages

Chinese

Cree

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Dialect continuum

Nodes191
Edges190
Triples71
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010471
Components1

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Dialect continuum

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related to Cree · 22
Dialect continuum → Alberta, Algonquian, Canada, Cree, CreeAtikamekw, CreeMoose Cree, East Cree, Eastern Montagnais, Eastern Swampy CreeWestern Swampy, Innu-aimun, James Bay Cree, Labrador, Montagnais, Naskapi, Northern East CreeSouthern East, Plains Cree, Swampy Cree, The, They, Western Montagnais
related to Indo-Aryan languages · 22
Dialect continuum → Assamese, Bengali, Delhi, Gujarati, Hindi, Hindustani, India, Indian, Indo-Aryan, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, Most, Much, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskritized, Standard Hindi, The Indo-Aryan Prakrits
related to Aramaic · 10
Dialect continuum → All, Aramaic, Aramaic-speaking, Aramaization, Christians, Islamicization, Jews, Levant, Mesopotamia, Northeastern Neo-Aramaic
related to Dialect geography · 8
Dialect continuum → Atlas, Dialectologists, France, Georg Wenker, German, Secondary, The, These
related to Turkic · 5
Dialect continuum → Karluk, Khalaj, SOV, Structurally, Turkic

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dialect languages continuum standard varieties dialects language german dutch area romance slavic may local north based features continua various across

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
in the islands of Rathlininstance ofMany intermediate dialects have become extinct or have died out leaving major gaps between languages0.80text
Arran or Kintyreinstance ofMany intermediate dialects have become extinct or have died out leaving major gaps between languages0.80text
SOV word orderinstance ofand they share basic features0.80text
vowel harmonyinstance ofand they share basic features0.80text
Dialect continuumrelated to AramaicAll0.60section
Dialect continuumrelated to AramaicAramaic0.60section
Dialect continuumrelated to AramaicAramaization0.60section
Dialect continuumrelated to AramaicLevant0.60section
Dialect continuumrelated to AramaicAramaic-speaking0.60section
Dialect continuumrelated to AramaicMesopotamia0.60section
Dialect continuumrelated to AramaicIslamicization0.60section
Dialect continuumrelated to AramaicNortheastern Neo-Aramaic0.60section

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