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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(linguistics) Of a speech variety, able to be understood by speakers of another variety..
The Okrika dialect, with Kalabari and Bonny, falls into the North-Eastern group of dialects which are partially interintelligible with Brass-Ndembe but not with the Central-Western dialects.
The sense of independence from London norms ... was difficult to establish with the obvious reality in mind that English, Scottish, Irish, American, Australian and other Englishes are, after all, interintelligible and undoubtedly varieties of one and the same language.
Use interintelligible when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Interintelligible means (linguistics) Of a speech variety, able to be understood by speakers of another variety..
Common synonyms include mutually intelligible.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The Okrika dialect, with Kalabari and Bonny, falls into the North-Eastern group of dialects which are partially interintelligible with Brass-Ndembe but not with the Central-Western dialects.
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