Conclusions

Jennifer Caballero 

 • The dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a given territory.

• Proper features affect phonetics (how sounds), to the lexicon (the words) to  syntax (how sentences are constructed) and meaning of words and sentences.

Daniela Zuniga 

All languages have many different dialects. The more areas in which a language is spoken, the more dialects there will be. New words are made or borrowed from another language. New speakers bring new characteristics to a language. There is no "right" dialect of English. The beauty is in the differences!

Evelin Rivera

Each variant or dialect as well as languages has history and circumstances that make them different from the others. This is part of the legacy and identity of the culture to which the speakers belong and should not feel stigmatized. On the contrary, they should be proud to be a different and unique part of such an extensive language.

Fanny Lanza

It is said that once a language stops being taught to children, it may become non-existent. However, it isn’t necessarily easy to pass on one’s heritage as children are more likely to wish to speak the language of their peers, so are not always interested in learning the native languages of their parents, although they may be able to understand it. A trend has also grown of regarding official languages as being of higher status than dialects of villages and is thus another reason as to the decline of dialects.

It is vital that we hold on to as many languages and dialects throughout the world as possible, particularly those which are only spoken by minority groups.