Vernacular (disambiguation)

Vernacular is the common speech variety of a specific population, as opposed to national, liturgical, literary or scientific idiom.

Vernacular may also refer to:

  • Vernacular architecture, a category of architecture based on local needs and construction materials, and reflecting local tradition
  • Vernacular culture, cultural forms made and organised by ordinary, often indigenous people
  • Vernacular dance, dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios
  • Vernacular dialect, also called a folk dialect or non-standard dialect
  • Vernacular geography, the sense of place that is revealed in ordinary people's language
  • Vernacular literature, literature written in the vernacular — the speech of the "common people"
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