History of Dialect

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The term dialect is used in linguistics to distinguish old vernacular languages from informal language derived from the standard language (called "Umgangssprache" in German) and the standard language itself. Insofar, the term has a special function in linguistics, although everyday usage may not be accurate from the dialectologist's point of view. In many countries dialects pretty much died out, e.g. in France, where many dialects and languages like Occitan (once a literary language) were spoken.

The term dialect is used in linguistics to distinguish old vernacular languages from informal language derived from the standard language (called "Umgangssprache" in German) and the standard language itself. Insofar, the term has a special function in linguistics, although everyday usage may not be accurate from the dialectologist's point of view. In many countries dialects pretty much died out, e.g. in France, where many dialects and languages like Occitan (once a literary language) were spoken.

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See also: *idiolect