When Poland enjoyed a distinctive nationality, no less than six different dialects were spoken in the several provinces of the kingdom.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
By six o'clock in the morning everything was in readiness, and they steamed out of harbour, taking the two prisoners with them, an interpreter skilled in the Chinese dialects, and several gentlemen who went for curiosity and excitement.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
It has decided affinities with those of the Mandingo tongues to the north, the Fanti dialects of the Gold Coast, and, in all probability, still closer ones with those of the Ivory coast.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham