<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A variety of a language that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary, and by its use by a group of speakers who are set off from others geographically or socially.</li><li>A provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differs from the standard language, especially when considered as substandard.</li><li>Synonyms: Patois, idiom.</li><li>A special variety of a language: The literary dialect is usually taken as the standard language.</li><li>A language considered as one of a group that have a common ancestor: Persian, Latin, and English are Indo-European dialects.</li><li>Jargon or cant.</li></ul>