Vernacular | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: Subhajit Sahu
Date: 2018-12-15

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Vernacular


00:00:36 1 Etymology
00:02:13 2 Concepts of the vernacular
00:02:23 2.1 General linguistics
00:02:31 2.1.1 In contrast with lingua franca
00:05:25 2.1.2 As a low variant in diglossia
00:08:44 2.2 Sociolinguistics
00:09:04 2.2.1 As an informal register
00:09:49 2.2.2 As a non-standard dialect
00:10:33 2.2.3 As an idealisation
00:10:48 3 First vernacular grammar
00:11:21 3.1 Dutch
00:12:22 3.2 English
00:15:40 3.3 French
00:16:37 3.4 German
00:19:09 3.5 Irish
00:19:28 3.6 Italian
00:21:00 3.7 Occitan
00:21:30 3.8 Spanish
00:22:23 3.9 Welsh
00:22:57 4 First vernacular dictionaries
00:23:24 4.1 Dutch
00:24:37 4.2 English
00:27:33 4.3 French
00:28:29 4.4 German
00:29:42 4.5 Italian
00:31:45 4.6 Spanish
00:32:43 4.7 Serbian
00:33:07 5 See also
00:33:16 6 Notes
00:33:24 7 Bibliography
00:33:34 8 External links



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SUMMARY
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A vernacular, or vernacular language, is the language or variety of a language used in everyday life by the common people of a specific population. It is distinguished from a standard, national or literary language or a lingua franca, used to facilitate communication across a large area. It is usually native, mostly spoken rather than written and usually seen as of lower status than more standardized forms. It can be a language, dialect or sociolect.
Some linguists use "vernacular" and "nonstandard dialect" as synonyms.