kansankieli — meaning in English
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English meaning
- vernacular noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.
Senses
kansankieli is used for these senses in English:
- vernacular Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
- vernacular Indigenous spoken language, as distinct from a literary or liturgical language such as Ecclesiastical Latin.
vernacular — full definition
- noun The everyday, informal language spoken by ordinary people in a particular place, as opposed to formal or literary language.
- adj Relating to this kind of everyday, local language or style.