What does 方言 mean?
方言 is a Japanese noun meaning “dialect” in English. It is written as 方言 in kanji, ほうげん in hiragana, and hougen in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentence
いわゆる「標準英語」とは世界中で話されている数多い方言のうちの１つにすぎない。
What we call 'Standard English' is only one of the many dialects spoken all over the world.