1. Linguistic varieties and multilingual nations
MANAR AHMAD AWADA
ZAINAAB ALI
MOZA KHAMIS MUSABAH

2. Contents :
1)Vernacular language 2)Three components of the meaning of the term vernacular 3)Standard Languages 4)Comparing between vernacular and standard 5)Three essential criteria which characterise a standard English 6)examples

3. is the native language of a population located in a country or in an area defined on some other basis such as a locality .
vernacular

4. Vernacular is the first language that is learned by multilingual community people
And it is relatively used in a range of informal function

5. Three components of the meaning of the term vernacular
Vernacular is an uncodified or unstandardised variety It is acquired at home as a first variety It is used for relatively circumscribed function

6. Standard Languages :
It is a standard variety , is generally one which is written, and which has undergone some degree of regulation or codification (in a grammar and a dictionary). used for H functions

7. Vernacular language Standard language
Uncodified varieties
Codified varieties
Unstandardised variety
standardised variety
does not have official status
have official status
Example : Emirates or Lebanese
Example : the Arabic

8. It emerged naturally in the 15th century (in London )(English court , oxford university and Cambridge)

9. Three essential criteria which characterise a standard English :
it was influential and prestigious variety Why? (used by the economically powerful merchants , used in court) it was codified (the introduction of printing press by Caxton in 1476 ). it served H functions in that it was used for communication at Court, for literature and for administration.

10. Example :
Arabic comprises many varieties that are considered a single language, because the standard Arabic register, Modern Standard Arabic, is generally intelligible to all speakers. It is based upon modified Classical Arabic, the language of the Qur'an, the contemporary refined vernacular of Muhammad’s time, the 7th century CE.