Meaning vernacular
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c. 1600, "native to a country," from Latin vernaculus "domestic, native, indigenous; pertaining to home-born slaves," from verna "home-born slave, native," a word of Etru [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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vernacular


native speech patterns or vocabulary of a specific place.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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The way in which ordinary buildings were built in a particular place, making use of local styles, techniques and materials.
Source: planningportal.co.uk (offline)

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1. n. the standard native, spoken language of a country or locality. 2. n. the every day language spoken by a people as distinguished from the literary language. 3. n. the idiom of a special trade or [..]
Source: literacynet.org

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vernacular


folkshprakh
Source: yiddishdictionaryonline.com (offline)

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From the Latin vernaculus, meaning "native." In literature, works written in the daily language of a group of people, particularly the inhabitants of a specific geographic region, as distinc [..]
Source: abc-clio.com

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In medieval and early modern Europe, the native spoken language of a region or country; not Latin, which was the language used for the writing of high literary, scientific, legal, and religious works. [..]
Source: academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu

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(n) the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)(n) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)(adj) being or characteristic of or appropriate to [..]
Source: beedictionary.com

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The indigenous language or dialect of a community. This is an English term which refers to purely spoken forms of a language.
Source: uni-due.de

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the language or dialect of a country; the everyday language of ordinary people.
Source: rinkworks.com

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The way in which ordinary buildings were built in a particular place, making use of local styles, techniques and materials.
Source: communityplanning.net

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vernacular


Building style or materials common to a particular locality
Source: wealden.gov.uk

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Language specific to a social group or region; language spoken or written by everyday people as opposed to literary or cultured language. Vernacular images are those that commonly appear in daily life [..]
Source: art21.org

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vernacular


The vernacular is the native language of a region, as used by the common people.
Source: behindthename





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