Vernacular (disambiguation)

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Vernacular is the native language or dialect of a population, as opposed to a literary, national, or standard language.

Vernacular may also refer to:

• Vernacular architecture, a category of architecture based on local needs and construction materials, andraditional architecture of the world.
• Vernacular art is made by countryside, often indigenous, people
• Vernacular culture, cultural forms made and organised by ordinary, often indigenous people
• Vernacular dance, dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios
• 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"