Name of dialect, spacial distribution, number speakers, origins, extent of differences to other dialects.

History edit

Linguistic and linguistic-relevant history since the language was established in region.

Normalisation edit

Normalisation status, status of dialect and objective norm, social perception of dialect use.

Interintelligibility with other dialects edit

Introduction to differences with other dialects, extent of interintelligibility, illustrations thereof.

Phonetics or Phonology and phonetics edit

Phonology: Phonemes added or lost, if any. Phonetics: Special realisations or phenomenons, with register.

Morphology edit

Differences, if any, with register.

Lexicon edit

Additionnal words and their origin, status, usage, acceptance, register, international recognition. Words with different meanings or connotation or usage. Existence of lexics.

Grammar and syntax edit

Differences, if any, with register.

Regional variations edit

Geographical variation in dialect, with registers, and related dialects, if any.

See also edit

Reference work edit