vernaculars
Everyday spoken languages
Vernaculars is the plural of vernacular, which refers to the everyday language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place or group, as distinct from formal, literary, or official language.
Each region or community may have its own vernacular: The vernaculars of the Caribbean islands reflect their colonial histories.
The term extends beyond language to local architectural styles or customs: vernaculars of the American Southwest.
Regional language variations
- regional languagesGeographically bounded minority tongues
- mother tonguesLanguages learned from birth
- native tonguesLanguages learned from birth
- colloquialismsInformal everyday expressions
patois · creoles · pidgins · slang · argot · idioms · everyday language · informal speech
Community's established practices
- folk customsTraditional community practices
- regional practicesArea-specific ways of doing
- indigenous knowledgeLocally transmitted ancestral understanding
- oral traditionsCulture transmitted through speech
folk songs · community rituals · local cuisine · traditional crafts · storytelling · proverbs · folk wisdom · regional identity
Traditional regional building styles
- adobeSun-dried clay bricks
- thatchDried plant roof covering
- timber framingConstruction using joined heavy wood
- local craftsmanshipSkilled work from nearby
domestic architecture · farmhouse · longhouse · pueblo · yurt · shotgun house · bungalow
dialects
Regional language variations
- regional languagesGeographically bounded minority tongues
- mother tonguesLanguages learned from birth
- native tonguesLanguages learned from birth
colloquialisms · patois · creoles · pidgins · slang · argot · idioms · everyday language · informal speech · spoken language
local traditions
Community's established practices
- folk customsTraditional community practices
- regional practicesArea-specific ways of doing
- indigenous knowledgeLocally transmitted ancestral understanding
oral traditions · folk songs · community rituals · local cuisine · traditional crafts · storytelling · proverbs · folk wisdom · regional identity · heritage
folk architecture
Traditional regional building styles
- adobeSun-dried clay bricks
- thatchDried plant roof covering
- timber framingConstruction using joined heavy wood
local craftsmanship · domestic architecture · farmhouse · longhouse · pueblo · yurt · shotgun house · bungalow
- linguisticslinguistics, phoneme, phonemes, morpheme, morphemes
- dialectsregional dialect, local dialect, patois, regional dialects, regional accent
- sociolinguisticssociolinguistics, diglossia, bilingualism, dialects, code-switching
- Dutch dialectsFlemish, Frisian, dialect atlas, regional speech
- Celtic languagesIrish, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Gaelic, Manx
- local varietiesregional styles, landraces, cultivars, variants, strains
vernacularsclassical languages
Languages of antiquity studied academically
official languages · lingua francas · Latin · Sanskrit · ecclesiastical Latin
- online vernacularCasual internet language