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vernacular schools

vernacular schools is the plural of vernacular school.

Meaning of vernacular school

Noun

vernacular school (plural vernacular schools)

  1. (Malaysia) A type of primary school where either Mandarin or Tamil is the medium of instruction.
    • The medium in vernacular schools is either Tamil or Chinese.2022 March 29, Jananey Ramachandran, “Ex-deputy minister, educationist explain need for remove classes”, in Free Malaysia Today
    Antonyms:
    national school

Questions about vernacular schools

What is vernacular schools the plural of?
Vernacular schools is the plural of vernacular school.

Words near vernacular schools in the dictionary

  1. vernacular dialect
  2. vernacular dialects
  3. vernacular name
  4. vernacular names
  5. vernacular school
  6. vernacular schools
  7. vernacular varieties
  8. vernacular variety
  9. vernacularisation
  10. vernacularisations
  11. vernacularise

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