speech community

The definition of a speech community is a group of people who speak the same language and share the same words and grammar rules.

(noun)

An example of a speech community is the group of English language speakers throughout the World.

See speech community in Webster's New World College Dictionary

all the people speaking a particular language or dialect, whether in a single geographical area or dispersed throughout various regions

See speech community in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A group of speakers, whether located in one area or scattered, who recognize the same language or dialect of a language as a standard.

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