Dialect, A regional or social variety of a language that differs from other varieties in pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar, Sociolect, A variety of a language used by a particular social group (age, profession, class, Urban dialect, A dialect spoken in cities, characterized by mixing of different social groups and rapid changes, Rural dialect, A dialect spoken in countryside areas, often preserving archaic features, Dialect leveling, The process of reducing differences between dialects over time, leading to greater uniformity, Koineization, The emergence of a new, common dialect through the mixing of different dialects, Prestige, The social value or status attached to a particular language or dialect, Lexical innovation, The creation or introduction of new words or meanings in a dialect, Phonetic reduction, The shortening, weakening, or loss of sounds in pronunciation, Consonant cluster simplification, The reduction of complex groups of consonant sounds into simpler ones.

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