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| '''Vernacular''' refers to the [[native language]] of a country or locality. In general [[linguistics]], it is used to describe local languages as opposed to [[Lingua franca|linguae francae]], official standards or global languages. It is sometimes applied to nonstandard [[dialects]] of a global language. | '''Vernacular''' refers to the [[native language]] of a country or locality. In general [[linguistics]], it is used to describe local languages as opposed to [[Lingua franca|linguae francae]], official standards or global languages. It is sometimes applied to nonstandard [[dialects]] of a global language. | ||
| - | For instance: in [[Western Europe]] up until the 17th century, most scholarly work was written in [[Latin]], so works written in a native language (such as [[Italian language|Italian]] or [[German language|German]]) were said to be ''[[Vernacular literature|in the vernacular]]''.{{GFDL}} | + | For instance: in [[Western Europe]] up until the 17th century, most scholarly work was written in [[Latin]], so works written in a native language (such as [[Italian language|Italian]] or [[German language|German]]) were said to be ''[[Vernacular literature|in the vernacular]]''. |
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves”), from ''verna'' (“a native, a home-born slave (one born in his master's house)”). | ||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Vernacular architecture]] | ||
| + | *[[Vernacular literature]] | ||
| + | *[[Vernacular music]] | ||
| + | *[[Vulgar Latin]] | ||
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Vernacular refers to the native language of a country or locality. In general linguistics, it is used to describe local languages as opposed to linguae francae, official standards or global languages. It is sometimes applied to nonstandard dialects of a global language.
For instance: in Western Europe up until the 17th century, most scholarly work was written in Latin, so works written in a native language (such as Italian or German) were said to be in the vernacular.
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Etymology
From Latin vernāculus (“domestic, indigenous, of or pertaining to home-born slaves”), from verna (“a native, a home-born slave (one born in his master's house)”).
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