1. (n.) One's mother tongue; the common forms of expression in a particular locality; as, the vernacular language\.

2. (a.) Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous; -- now used chiefly of language; as, English is our vernacular language.

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