Malayalam spoken by a particular community in Kozhikodi is slightly different from the Malayalam spoken by others in the same place. What is the Malayalam…
Malayalam spoken by a particular community in Kozhikodi is slightly different from the Malayalam spoken by others in the same place. What is the Malayalam spoken by the particular community known as ?
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Correct answer: (C) Social dialect of Malayalam
Explanation
When the variation is linked to a social group (community, caste, class) in the same place rather than to a geographical region, it is a social dialect (sociolect).