My Reflection

In the world there are between 6,000 and 7,000 different languages. The number of dialects is much higher. In each place, in each region, there are differences in pronunciation, construction, and also lexical differences. So, the same language has a different meaning in each of the places where it is spoken; these geographical variants are called dialects. And there are also geographical variants -dialects- of  Nahuatl, Maya, Otomi, Quechua, attending to the different places where they are spoken. The dialects are always related to a clear geographical demarcation. They are part of the regional varieties of a language. So the dialects are the linguistic systems with less coverage. As a general rule, dialects are only spoken, they are not written. They form a linguistic system of their own. And they follow their own rules. In addition, any language can have numerous dialects. All dialects are subsumed in the standard language. The standard language is that which the members of a country understand. Through it, speakers of different dialects can communicate with each other. The importance of dialects, in general, is decreasing. Currently, in the cities the dialectal variants are barely heard. Also in the workplace, the standard variant of the language is increasingly imposed. The speakers of a dialect are considered rustic and uneducated. But in reality they are found in all social classes.

By Jamie Cruz