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===Etymology===
From Latin ''[[vernaculus]]'', meaning "native" or "indigenous". The original meaning was "belonging to homeborn slaves".
===Noun===
{{en-noun|-}}
# The language of a people, a national language.
#:''The '''vernacular''' of the United States is English.
# Everyday [[speech]], including [[colloquialism]]s, 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.''
# {{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]]: [[#Interlingua|vernacular]], [[lingua vulgar]]
*Italian: [[vernacolare]] {{m}}
*Japanese: [[方言]] (hōgen)
*Korean: [[사투리]] (saturi)
*Latin: [[vernaculus]], [[vernacularis]]
*Russian: [[народный язык]] (naródnyj jazýk), [[местный диалект]] (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]]
====Synonyms====
*[[common]]
*[[everyday]]
*[[indigenous]]
*[[ordinary]]
*[[vulgar]]
[[Category: General Reference]]