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    Norhan Saad Ali

    Sociolinguistics MAE 754


    Nov 18th , 2024

    BENGHAZI OPEN UNIVERSITY


    DEPARTMENT OF GRADUATE STUDIES
    APPLIED LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT
    SOCIOLINGUISTICS (SUMMARY-CHAPTER 4)

    LINGUISTIC VARIETIES AND MULTILINGUAL NATIONS

    Over half the world's population is bilingual and many


    people are multilingual. one language was his ethnic or
    tribal language , another was the language of his
    education .the labels and the criteria that sociolinguists
    distinguish between different varieties or odes in
    multilingual communities. The India one of the most
    .multilingual nations in the world

    Vernacular language
    refers to a language which has not been standardised and
    which does not have official status. There are hundreds
    of vernacular languages, such as Buang in Papua New
    Guinea, many of which have never been written down or
    described.Vanuatu, many of which have never been written
    Multilingual speech community, the many different
    ethnic or tribal languages used by different groups are
    referred to as vernacular languages. Vernaculars are
    usually the first languages learned by people in
    multilingual communities, and they are often used for a
    .relatively narrow range of informal functions
    There are three components of the meaning of the term
    vernacular, then. The most basic refers to the fact that a
    vernacular is an unmodified or unstandardised variety.
    The second refers to the way it is acquired - in the home,
    as a first variety. The third is the fact that it is used for
    relatively circumscribed functions. The first component
    has been most widely used as the defining criterion.
    Vernacular means which is not the official language in
    . particular context

    standard language

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