non-standard speech

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Noun

speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community

language oral communication speech speech communication spoken communication spoken language voice communication

accent argot baby talk babytalk cant dialect idiom jargon lingo localism motherese patois regionalism slang slang expression slang term telegraphese vernacular