n.
Function: noun
1
Synonyms: LANGUAGE 1, dialect, idiom, speech, tongue
Related Words: mother tongue
Idioms: native tongue
2
Synonyms: DIALECT 2, argot, cant, jargon, lingo, patois, patter, slang
3 a commonly spoken as opposed to a prestige variety of a language FF1C; literary Chinese and the various vernaculars FF1E;
Synonyms: colloquial, patois, vulgate; compare DIALECT 2
Related Words: dialect, lingo, slang