Like most languages it had several dialects, in this case comprising regional variations in verb conjugation, some articles and conjunctions, and which loan words from other tongues such as Cardassian and Federation Standard English were adopted into the dialect. It was reasonably common for Bajorans in the 24th and 25th centuries to speak multiple dialects. Federation linguists have noted a gradual blurring of dialectical lines attributable to global communications and transportation.