| Some have argued the dialect was a fully fledged language in its own right. |
| The language at this time would have been the Northumbrian dialect of Old English. |
| English in England can be divided into four major dialect regions, Southwest English, South East English, Midlands English, and Northern English. |
| In London, the Cockney dialect was traditionally used by the lower classes, and it was long a socially stigmatised variety. |
| Well, those children don't speak dialect, not in this school. Maybe in the public schools, but not here. |
| The play was hard to understand when the characters spoke in dialect. |
