方言学

See also: 方言學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 方言学 – see 方言學 (“dialectology”). (This term is the simplified form of 方言學).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
方	言	学
ほう Grade: 2	げん Grade: 2	がく Grade: 1
kan’on

Alternative spelling
方言學 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

方言 (hōgen, “dialect”) +‎ 学 (-gaku, “-graphy; -logy”)

Noun

方(ほう)言(げん)学(がく) • (hōgengaku) ^{←はうげんがく (faugengaku)?}

1. (sociolinguistics) dialectology