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speech community

all the people speaking a particular language or dialect, whether in a single geographical area or dispersed throughout various regions

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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