What are dialects?

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Dialects are regional speech patterns:

• Associated with a social class is thermed a sociolect

• Associated with an ethnic group is thermed an ethnolect

• Associated with a geographical/regional dialect is thermed regiolect

A standard dialect or "standardized language" is supported by institutions, the French Language is supported by the Académie Française institution.

• [A] The designation "dialect" is also used to refer to the unwritten or no-codified languages called "vernacular language"

• [F] La désignation "dialect" est aussi utilisée pour désigner des langues non-écrites ou non-codifiées, appelées "langue vernaculaire"

Reference: Définition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect