A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.
A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
A regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard.
Jamaican Patois, a Jamaican creole language primarily based on English and African languages but also has influences from Spanish, Portuguese and Hindi.
Jargon or cant.
Creole French in the Caribbean (especially in Dominica, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti).
Any of various French or Occitan dialects spoken in France.