vernacular
/vəˈnækjulə(r); vɚ`nækjəlɚ/ n[C]
language or dialect spoken in a particular country or region, as compared with a formal or written language 本地话; 土语; 本国语
Arabic vernaculars, ie as compared withclassical Arabic 阿拉伯土语
[attrib 作定语]
Vernacularliterature quickly replaced Latin. 用本国语创作的文学作品很快取代了拉丁文学.
a vernacular poet, ie one who writes in dialect 使用本地话写作的诗人.