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A nonstandard dialect is a dialect that does not have the institutional support or sanction that a standardized dialect has. A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος dialektos) is a variety of a Language that is characteristic of a particular group of A standard language (also standard dialect, standardized dialect, or standardised dialect) is a particular variety of a Language that

Like any dialect, a nonstandard dialect has its own vocabulary and an internally consistent grammar and syntax; and it may be spoken using a variety of accents. The vocabulary of a person is defined either as the set of all Words that are understood by that person or the set of all words likely to be used by that person when constructing Grammar is the field of Linguistics that covers the Rules governing the use of any given natural language. In Linguistics, syntax (from Ancient Greek grc συν- syn-, "together" and grc τάξις táxis, "arrangement" is the In Linguistics, an accent is a manner of Pronunciation of a language Describing a dialect as "nonstandard" is not to imply that the dialect is incorrect or inferior. Also prestige dialects may be non-standard. A prestige dialect is the Dialect spoken by the most prestigious people in a Speech community which is large enough to sustain more than one dialect

As a border-case, a nonstandard dialect may even have its own written form, although it's then to be assumed that the orthography is unstable and/or unsanctioned, and that it is not orderly supported by governmental or educational institutions. When used in quotes and as a contrastive feature in literature, the term eye dialect may be used for nonstandard phonemic spelling. Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter In Orthography, eye dialect is the use of non-standard spellings (spellings considered incorrect to create the effect of a Dialectal foreign or uneducated speaker

It is uncommon in written texts unless the text is dialect poetry, etc.

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