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<p><b>Prestige</b> in <a href="page.php?w=sociolinguistics">sociolinguistics</a> is the level of regard normally accorded a specific <a href="page.php?w=language">language</a> or <a href="page.php?w=dialect">dialect</a> within a <a href="page.php?w=speech_community">speech community</a>, relative to other languages or dialects. Prestige <a href="page.php?w=Variety_%28linguistics%29">varieties</a> are language or dialect families which are generally considered by a society to be the most "correct" or otherwise superior. In many cases, they are the</p><p>
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