Arabic dialects vary widely across the Arab world, with each region having its unique linguistic characteristics. From the widely understood Egyptian Arabic to the distinct Maghrebi dialects, this ...

This was a question that I should really have anticipated, but it took me by surprise. I had just talked to a packed marquee at the 2018 Hay Festival about why dialects of English are of such enduring ...

When you meet someone new in person, one of the first things you notice is how they speak – if they speak the same language as you or have a different accent. You’ll also notice if they use different ...

YESTERDAY'S post on Cantonese touched a few nerves. A blog post is a very compressed medium, and I said some things briefly that I still stand by but which deserve a bit of elaboration. My calling ...

When you start learning Japanese online, understanding dialects can be both exciting and important. Japanese dialects are different variations of the language spoken in various regions of Japan, and ...

SCRANTON — Jeet yet? No. D’joo? Longtime residents of Northeast Pennsylvania likely would readily understand hearing that coal-region-speak as: Did you eat yet? No. Did you? Likewise, they would know ...

A Chaoshan (Teochew)-dialect film has become one of China's biggest cinematic surprises of the year. Dear You, with more than 95 percent of its dialogue in the Chaoshan dialect, has climbed to become ...