The dialect that normally emerges as the basis of a country's standard language is often the one identified with its capital or center of power at the time of national development. Standard French based on the Paris region that assumed dominance in the latter half of the 12 th century. Castilian Spanish became the standard after the Spanish ran the Moors out after 1492. The dialect also was exported tot he New World. The BBC uses it.
Dialects are recognizable speech variants.
Vocabulary, pronunciation, rhythm, speed of speaking sets people apart. We may speak in different dialects at different times. Each business or profession has a its own words, ways of speaking. Every black was expected to become a citizen of one of the black homelands. In 1991, the white dominated government of South Africa repealed the apartheid laws and the African National Congress was legalized and Nelson Mandela was released from jail after 27 and a half years.