Vernacular is the ordinary, informal, spoken form of language (though possibly written), particularly when perceived as being of lower social status in...

African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) is the variety of English natively spoken, particularly in urban communities, by most working- and middle-class...

Vernacular architecture (also folk architecture) is building done outside any academic tradition, and without professional guidance. It is not a particular...

and dialects with th-stopping and th-fronting like African-American Vernacular and Estuary English do not have the dental fricatives /θ, ð/, but replace...

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's...

Vernacular music is ordinary, everyday music such as popular and folk music. It is defined partly in terms of its accessibility, standing in contrast to...

Look up vernacular in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vernacular is the common speech variety of a specific population, as opposed to national, liturgical...

Vernacular literature is literature written in the vernacular—the speech of the "common people". In the European tradition, this effectively means literature...

Written vernacular Chinese, also known as baihua, comprises forms of written Chinese based on the vernacular varieties of the language spoken throughout...

The term vernacular photography is used in several related senses. Each is in one way or another meant to contrast with received notions of fine-art photography...