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Uncommonvernacular
The correct spelling is vernacular.
How to pronounce vernacular
/vəˈnækjələ/
nounIPA: /vəˈnækjələ/
Say it like: Ver-nac-ula-r
The correct spelling is vernacular. The language of a people or a national language. For example: "A vernacular of the United States is English."
Usage Examples
“A vernacular of the United States is English.”
“Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere.”
“For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The language of a people or a national language.
- 2.Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
- 3.Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.
- 4.A language lacking standardization or a written form.
- 5.Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.
adjective
- 1.Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
- 2.Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous.
- 3.Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.
- 4.Connected to a collective memory; not imported.
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