Vernacular
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For other uses, see Vernacular (disambiguation).
Vernacular is the ordinary, informal, spoken form of language,[1] particularly when perceived as being of lower social status in contrast to standard language, which is more codified, institutional, literary, or formal.[lower-alpha 1][3] More narrowly, a particular variety of a language that meets the lower-status perception, and sometimes carries social stigma, is also called a vernacular, vernacular dialect, nonstandard dialect,[4][5] etc. and is typically its speakers' native variety. Despite any such stigma, modern linguistics regards all nonstandard dialects as full-fledged varieties of a language with their own consistent grammatical structure, sound system, body of vocabulary, etc.
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