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But Twain’s greatest discovery was his gloriously unshackled literary style, which was inspired by local dialects and liberated from European refinements.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

By his teen years in Annapolis, Md., Duvall had become an excellent mimic, absorbing dialects and mannerisms wherever he happened to be.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

When the British arrived in 1788, we are told, the continent was home to “more than 250 language groups and over 500 dialects, each with its own unique culture, language, and kinship structure.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

An estimated 150 languages and dialects are spoken in the town of 230,000 people.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

Apparently, even at the time o f the Cognitive Revolution, different Sapiens groups had different dialects.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari