how to pronounce vernacular
/vɚˈnækjəlɚ/
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vernacular is pronounced in four syllables
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video examples of vernacular pronunciation
An example use of vernacular in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… Old English so in the vernacular and it …”
meanings of vernacular
noun:
- Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
- A language lacking standardization or a written form.
- The language of a people or a national language.
- Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.
- Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.
adjective:
- Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous.
- Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.
- Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
- Connected to a collective memory; not imported.
vernacular frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word vernacular occurs in english on average 1.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
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