The term dialect is used to indicate
A)variations of a language that follow no structural patterns.
B)distinct and different languages found in the same country.
C)language forms that share a common origin but that have varied pronunciation,vocabulary,and syntax.
D)language forms that are based on another language but that do not have a syntactic structure of their own.

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The term dialect refers to language forms that share a common origin but have varied pronunciation, vocabulary, and syntax. These language variations may exist within the same language or across different languages. Therefore, option C is the correct answer.

The Term Dialect Is Used to Indicate