vernacular
n[C]
language or dialect spoken in a particular country or region, as compared with a formal or written language 本地話; 土語; 本國語
Arabic vernaculars, ie as compared withclassical Arabic 阿拉伯土語
[attrib 作定語]
Vernacularliterature quickly replaced Latin. 用本國語創(chuàng)作的文學(xué)作品很快取代了拉丁文學(xué).
a vernacular poet, ie one who writes in dialect 使用本地話寫作的詩人.