The term dialect is used to indicate
A) distinct and different languages found in the same country.
B) language forms that are based on another language, but that do not have a syntactic structure of their own.
C) variations of the same language based on geographical or ethnic similarities.
D) variations of a language that follow no structural patterns.
Answer: C
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