ver·nac·u·lar /vərˈnakyələr/ noun noun: vernacular; noun: the vernacular (1) the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region. "he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience" (2) The terminology used by people belonging to a specified group or engaging in a specialized activity. (3) architecture concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings. "buildings in which Gothic merged into farmhouse vernacular" adjective adjective: vernacular (1) (of language) spoken as one's mother tongue; not learned or imposed as a second language. (of speech or written works) spoken or written using one's mother tongue. "vernacular literature" (2) (of architecture) concerned with domestic and functional rather than public or monumental buildings. "vernacular buildings"
Orign early 17th century: from Latin vernaculus ‘domestic, native’ (from verna ‘home-born’)
Vernacular: (usually the vernacular) the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region: he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience.
Illustrator: Omar Valencia Pérez