Original sentence: A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area.It follows that a dialect for a larger area can contain plenty of (sub-) dialects, which in turn can contain dialects of yet smaller areas, etc
Edited sentence: A good example is English.A significant deviation from a standard language is popularly known as a dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos).It follows that a dialect for a larger area can contain a number of (sub-) dialects, which in turn can contain dialects of yet smaller areas, etc.Low German, for example, is popularly considered a dialect of High German.See below "Dialect" or "language".Since many languages simply do not have a single standard, linguists have extended this common definition to include any language in a particular geographic area which may well contain sub-areas.The extended definition used by linguists is in so far confusing that Mohawks, Seminole etc.This means that all Americans speak a dialect and all Englishmen also speak a dialect but a different one.speak a dialect of English