vernacular and koine.

- Other terms related to the distinction of language, dialect and variety are vernacular and koine.

Vernacular: the speech of a particular country or region ( a form of speech transmitted from parent to child as a primary medium of communication à can be a language or dialect depending on the parent’s transmitted language: standard or non-standard).

Koine: a form of speech shared by people of different vernaculars (a common language but not necessarily a standard one).