created sense approved 地区方言/地區方言 · dìqūfāngyán · regional dialect — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
地区方言 / 地區方言
dìqūfāngyán
regional dialect
A variety of a language spoken in a specific large geographic area, encompassing multiple local dialects (e.g. Yue or Wu)
地区 (literal) → 地区/地區 · dìqū · area 方言 (literal) → 方言 · fāngyán · dialect; topolect
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 地区方言/地區方言 · dìqūfāngyán · areal linguistics — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
地区方言 / 地區方言
dìqūfāngyán
areal linguistics
The study of the distribution and spread of linguistic features across a geographical area
地区 (literal) → 地区/地區 · dìqū · area 方言 (literal) → 方言 · fāngyán · dialect; topolect
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition