Vernacular architecture purposes which go beyond a building's functional requirements. This article also covers the term traditional architecture, which exists somewhere between the two extremes yet still is based upon authentic themes. The term vernacular means "domestic, native, indigenous"; from "verna", meaning "native slave" or "home-born slave". The word probably derives from an older Etruscan word. The term is borrowed from linguistics, where vernacular refers to language use particular to a time, place or group. In architecture, it refers to that type of architecture which is indigenous to a specific time or place (not imported or copied from elsewhere). It is most
Names given to the Spanish language language came from. For people who use that term, "castellano" may possibly imply greater correctness, as it sometimes does in Spain, or it may merely be an alien term, referring to a region in a far-off country. However, some Latin Americans prefer the term "castellano", especially in Argentina, Chile, and Peru. One reason for this is that many early Argentine settlers were Galician, for whom "castellano" had long been associated with the Spanish state in addition to Castile. Along with Basques or Catalans, Galicians might perceive the term "español" as imperialistic and misrepresenting the language of Castile as the language