lengua vernácula

Definitions of lengua vernácula
  1. noun
    the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language)
  2. noun
    a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
    synonyms: argot, calandria, caló, idioma, jerga, jerigonza, lunfardo, rumano
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