Vernacular
From Nordan Symposia
Etymology
From Latin vernaculus, meaning "native" or "indigenous". The original meaning was "belonging to homeborn slaves".
Noun
- The language of a people, a national language.
- The vernacular of the United States is English.
- Everyday speech, including colloquialisms, as opposed to literary or liturgical language.
- Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere.
- Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot, slang.
- For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language.
- Template:Christianity The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Roman Catholic mass are translated.
- Vatican II ordered the celebation of the mass in the vernacular.
Translations
- Finnish: kansalliskieli
- Chinese: 白话 (báihuà)
- Dutch: volkstaal, omgangstaal
- Finnish: arkikieli, kansankieli
- French: vernaculaire
- German: Umgangssprache
- Interlingua: vernacular, lingua vulgar
- Italian: vernacolare Template:M
- Japanese: 方言 (hōgen)
- Korean: 사투리 (saturi)
- Latin: vernaculus, vernacularis
- Russian:(naródnyj jazýk), (méstnyj dialékt)
- Spanish: vernáculo
- Telugu: (pranthiya)
- Volapük: komunapük
- language unique to a particular group of people
- Finnish: slangi
- Christianity - indigenous language of a people}}
- Finnish: kansankieli
Adjective
- Of or pertaining to everyday language.
Translations
- Finnish: arkikielinen, kansankielinen
