Vernacular — Ver*nac u*lar, a. [L. vernaculus born in one s house, native, fr. verna a slave born in his master s house, a native, probably akin to Skr. vas to dwell, E. was.] Belonging to the country of one s birth; one s own by birth or nature; native;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vernacular — *dialect, patois, lingo, jargon, cant, argot, slang … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Vernacular — For other uses, see Vernacular (disambiguation). A vernacular is the native language or native dialect of a specific population, as opposed to a language of wider communication that is not native to the population, such as a national language or… … Wikipedia
Dialect continuum — Linguistics … Wikipedia
dialect — See vernacular. See vernacular, dialect … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
vernacular — See vernacular, dialect … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
dialect — n 1 Dialect, vernacular, patois, lingo, jargon, cant, argot, slang denote a form of language or a style of speech which varies from that accepted as the literary standard. Dialect (see also LANGUAGE 1) is applied ordinarily to a form of a… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
vernacular — [vər nak′yə lər] adj. [< L vernaculus, belonging to home born slaves, indigenous < verna, a native slave, prob. < Etr * versna, hearth < verse, fire] 1. using the native language of a country or place [a vernacular writer] 2. commonly … English World dictionary
Vernacular Chinese — is a style or register of the written Chinese language essentially modeled after the spoken language and associated with Standard Mandarin. This term is not to be confused with the various present day vernacular spoken varieties of Chinese. Since … Wikipedia
dialect — [dī′ə lekt΄] n. [L dialectus < Gr dialektos, discourse, discussion, dialect < dialegesthai, to discourse, talk < dia, between (see DIA ) + legein, to choose, talk (see LOGIC)] 1. the sum total of local characteristics of speech 2. Rare… … English World dictionary
