Social stratification
The colloquial meaning of dialect can be understood by example, e.g. in [[Italy]] (see "[[:it:Dialetto|dialetto]]"), [[France]] (see "[[:fr:patois|patois]]") and the [[Philippines]], carries a [[pejorative]] undertone and underlines the politically and [[Social stratification|socially subordinated]] status of a non-national language to the country's single official language. In other words, these "dialects" are not actual dialects in the same sense as in the first usage, as they do not derive from the politically dominant language and are therefore not one of its [[variety (linguistics)|varieties]], but instead they evolved in a separate and parallel way and may thus better fit various parties’ criteria for a separate language.