language (English)

Etymology

enm

- lang=enm, from - language|lang=fro, from - linguaticum|linguāticum|lang=VL., from - en - |lang=la|tongue, speech, language, from - dingua|dingua|tongue|lang=OL., from - dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s|tongue, speech, language|lang=en. Displaced native Middle English - rearde, ȝerearde|language|lang=enm (from Old English - |language, speech|lang=ang), Middle English - londspreche, londspeche|language|lang=enm (from Old English - landsprǣċ|language, national tongue|lang=ang, Old English - þēod|lang=ang and - þēodisc|language|lang=ang.

Pronunciation

  • - /ˈlæŋɡwɪʤ/,

    /"l{NgwIdZ/

  • en-us-language.ogg

    • Noun

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    A form of communication using words either spoken or gestured with the hands and structured with grammar, often with a writing system.

  • the English language
  • sign language

    • * {{quote-book

    |page=50 |year=1900 |author=William Beckford |title=The History of the Caliph Vathek |url= |passage="No language could express his rage and despair."}}

    The ability to communicate using words.

  • the gift of language

    • - or|uncountable Nonverbal communication.

  • body language

    • - countable A computer_language.

    The vocabulary and usage used in a particular specialist field.

  • legal language

    • The particular words used in speech or a passage of text.

  • The language he used to talk to me was obscene.
  • The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.

    • profanity|Profanity.

    * {{quote-book

    |page=500 |year=1978 |author=James Carroll |title=Mortal Friends |url= |isbn=0440157897 |passage="Where the hell is Horace?" ¶"There he is. He's coming. You shouldn't use language."}}

    Words, written or spoken, in a specific sequence that a person uses to describe, to a another person, the type of thoughts in their mind.

    Usage notes

  • Adjectives often applied to "language": spoken, written, abusive, foul, vulgar, coarse, offensive, obscene, explicit, insulting, modern, ancient, natural, artificial, constructed, formal, figurative, metaphorical, literal, national, international, technical, legal, political, scientific, mathematical, endangered, extinct, plain, clear, complex, simple.

    • Synonyms

  • - colloquial, tongue, speech, parlance

  • computer language

    computer_language, programming_language

  • vocabulary of a particular field

    jargon, phraseology, terminology

  • particular words used

    lexis, phraseology, phrasing, terms, wording, words

    • Derived terms

    Terms derived from language

  • artificial_language
  • bad_language
  • body_language
  • computing_language
  • foreign_language
  • language_barrier
  • language_code
  • language_cop
  • language_death
  • language_extinction
  • language_family
  • language_lab, language_laboratory
  • language_model
  • language_of_flowers
  • language_planning
  • language_police
  • language_pollution
  • language_processing
  • language_school
  • language_shift
  • language_technology
  • language_transfer
  • literary_language
  • languaging
  • machine_language
  • mind_one's_language
  • modern_language
  • natural_language
  • programming_language
  • sign_language

    • Related terms

  • langue
  • linguine
  • linguistics
  • tonguage

    • Translations

    system of communication using words or symbols

  • Abkhaz - абызшәа|tr=abyzšwa|sc=Cyrl
  • Adyghe - бзэ|tr=bza|sc=Cyrl
  • Afrikaans: taal
  • Ainu - イタㇰ|tr=itak
  • Albanska - gjuhë
  • Arabiska - لغة
    • , لسان
  • : Egyptian_Arabic - لغة|f|tr=loğa|sc=Arab
  • Aragonese - luenga|f, - idioma|m
  • Aramaic:
  • : Syriac: ܠܫܢܐ (lišānā’)
  • : Hebrew: לשנא (lišānā’)
  • Archi - чӀат
  • Armenian - լեզու|tr=lezu
  • Aromanian - limbã
  • Assamese - ভাষা|sc=Beng|xs=Assamese
  • Asturian: idioma , llingua
  • Avar - мацӀ|tr=macʼ|sc=Cyrl|xs=Avar
  • Azeri: dil
  • Baluchi - زبان, - زوان|tr=zawán
  • Bashkir - тел|tr=tel|sc=Cyrl|xs=Bashkir
  • Basque: hizkuntza
  • Vitryska - мова
  • Bengali - ভাষা|tr=bhāṣā|sc=Beng|xs=Bengali
  • Bosnian - jezik|m
  • Breton - yezh|xs=Breton
  • Budukh - мез|tr=mez|sc=Cyrl
  • Bulgariska - език
  • Burmese - ဘာသာစကား|tr=batha-zăgà|sc=Mymr|xs=Burmese, - စကား|tr=zăgà|sc=Mymr, - ဘာသာ|tr=batha|sc=Mymr
  • Buryat: хэлэн (xeleng)
  • Katalanska - idioma
    • , llengua, llenguatge
  • Chechen - мотт|tr=mott|sc=Cyrl
  • Cherokee: ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ (gawonihisdi)
  • Chinese:
  • : Dungan - йүян|sc=Cyrl
  • : Mandarin - 語言|sc=Hani, - 语言|tr=yǔyán|sc=Hani
  • : Min_Nan: gí-giân
  • Chuvash - чӗлхе|tr=çělxe|sc=Cyrl
  • Coptic - ⲗⲁⲥ|tr=las|sc=Copt
  • Cornish: yeth
  • Corsican - lingua
  • Crimean Tatar - dil
  • Kroatiska - jezik
  • Tjeckiska - jazyk
    • , řeč
  • Danska - sprog
    • , mål
  • Dargwa - мез|tr=mez|sc=Cyrl
  • Dhivehi - ބަސް|tr=bas|sc=Thaa
  • Dolgan - тыл|tr=tıl|sc=Cyrl
  • Holländska - taal
    • , spraak, tong
  • Erzya - кель
  • Esperanto - lingvo|xs=Esperanto
  • Estniska - keel
  • Faroese - mál|n, - tungumál|n
  • Fiji Hindi - bhasa
  • Finska - kieli
  • Franska - langue
  • : Old_French - langue|f
  • : Middle_French - langue|f
  • Gagauz - dil
  • Galician: linguaxe
  • Georgian - ენა|tr=ena|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian
  • Tyska - Sprache
  • Gilbertese: taetae
  • Gothic - 𐍂𐌰𐌶𐌳𐌰|f|tr=razda|sc=Goth
  • Grekiska - γλώσσα
  • : Ancient - γλῶττα (glỗttα)
  • Gujarati: બાશા (bāshā)
  • Hawaiian: 'olelo|‘ōlelo
  • Hebrew - לשון|f|tr=lašón, lashón, - שפה|f|tr=safá
  • Hindiska - भाषा
  • Hindiska - ज़बान
    • , बोली, बोली
  • Ungerska - nyelv
  • Isländska - mál
    • , tungumál
  • Isländska - tunga
  • Ido: linguo
  • Indonesiska - bahasa
  • Ingush - мотт|tr=mott|sc=Cyrl
  • Interlingua: lingua#Interlingua|lingua, - linguage
  • Irländska - teanga
  • Italienska - lingua
  • Japanska - 言語
  • Javanese: basa#Javanese|basa
  • Kabardian - бзэ|tr=bza|sc=Cyrl
  • Kalmyk: келн (keln)
  • Kannada - ಭಾಷೆ|tr=bhāsse|sc=Knda|xs=Kannada
  • Kanuri - tǝlam
  • Karachay-Balkar - тил|tr=til|sc=Cyrl
  • Karakalpak - til
  • Kashubian: jãzëk
  • Kazakh - тіл|tr=til|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh
  • Ket - ӄа’|tr=qaʔ|sc=Cyrl
  • Khakas - тіл|tr=tíl|sc=Cyrl
  • Khmer - ភាសា|tr=pīăsā|sc=Khmr|xs=Khmer
  • Komi - кыв|tr=kyv|sc=Cyrl
  • Koreanska - 언어
    • , 말
  • Koryak - йилыйил|tr=yiləyil|sc=Cyrl
  • Krisa - iasg
  • Kumyk - тил|tr=til|sc=Cyrl
  • Kurdish - ziman, - زمان|sc=ku-Arab
  • Kyrgyz: тил (til)
  • Lakota: iyapi
  • Lao - ພາສາ|tr=phaa-saa|sc=Laoo|xs=Lao
  • Latgalian - volūda|f
  • Latin - lingua|f
  • Lettiska - valoda
  • Limburgish: taol
  • Lingala: lokóta
  • Litauiska - kalba
  • Lojban - bangu
  • Luxembourgish: Sprooch
  • Makedonska - јазик
  • Malaysiska - bahasa
  • Malayalam - ഭാഷ|tr=bhaasha|sc=Mlym|xs=Malayalam
  • Maltesiska - lingwa
    • , ilsien
  • Manx - chengey|alt=çhengey|f|xs=Manx
  • Maori - reo
  • Marathi: भाषा (bhāshā)
  • Maricopa: chuukwer
  • Mazanderani - زوون
  • Mirandese: lhéngua
  • Mizo - ṭawng
  • Moksha: кяль (kyal’)
  • Mongolian - хэл|tr=hel|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian
  • Nahuatl - tlahtōlli
  • Nauruan - langue|xs=Nauruan
  • Navajo: saad
  • Nepali - भाषा|tr=bhāṣā|sc=Deva|xs=Nepali
  • Nogai - тил|tr=til|sc=Cyrl
  • Northern Sami: giella
  • Norska - språk
    • , talemål (oral only)
  • Novial: lingue
  • O'odham: ñiok
  • Occitan: lenga
  • Ojibwe: inwewin, inwewinan
  • Old Church Slavonic - ѩзꙑкъ|m|tr=językŭ|sc=Cyrs
  • Old English - spræc|xs=Old English
  • Old High German - sprahha|alt=sprāhha|xs=Old High German
  • Old Norse - mál|n, - tunga|f
  • Old Provençal - lengaje
  • Oriya - ଭାଷା|tr=bhāṣā|sc=Orya|xs=Oriya
  • Pashto - ژبه|f|tr=žëba|sc=ps-Arab|xs=Pashto
  • Persiska - زبان
  • Polska - język
    • , mowa
  • Portugisiska - idioma
    • , língua, linguagem
  • Pulaar: ɗemŋgal
  • Punjabi: ਬੋਲੀ (bōlī), ਜ਼ਬਾਨ (zabān), ਭਾਸ਼ਾ (bhāśā)
  • Quechua: rimay, simi
  • Rumänska - limbă
  • Romansch - linguatg
  • Ryska - язык
  • Samoan - gagana|xs=Samoan
  • Sanskrit - भाषा|f|tr=bhāṣā|xs=Sanskrit
  • Santali - ᱨᱳᱲ|tr=rorr|sc=Olck
  • Scots - leid|xs=Scots
  • Scottish Gaelic - cànan|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic, - cainnt|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Serbiska - језик
    • , jezik
  • Shor - тил|tr=til|sc=Cyrl
  • Sindhi - زبان|f|tr=zuban|sc=sd-Arab|xs=Sindhi
  • Sinhalese - භාෂාව|tr=bhāṣāva|sc=Sinh|xs=Sinhalese
  • Skolt Sami: ǩiõll
  • Slovakiska - jazyk
  • Slovenska - jezik
  • Sorbian:
  • : Lower_Sorbian - rěc|f
  • Sotho - puo|xs=Sotho
  • Southern Altai - тил|tr=til|sc=Cyrl
  • Southern Sami: giella
  • Spanska - lengua
    • , idioma
  • Svan - ნინ|tr=nin|sc=Geor
  • Swahili: lugha sg/pl (noun 9/10), ki-#Swahili|ki- (noun prefix 7)
  • Svenska - språk
    • , tungomål

  • ty

  • Tajik - забон|tr=zabon|sc=Cyrl|xs=Tajik
  • Tamil - மொழி|tr=moḻi|xs=Tamil, - பாசை|tr=pācai|xs=Tamil
  • Tatar - tel|xs=Tatar, - тел|sc=Cyrl|xs=Tatar
  • Telugu - భాష (bhaasha)
  • Thailändska - ภาษา

  • to

  • Turkish: dil, lisan

    obsolete

  • Turkmen - dil
  • Tuvan - дыл|tr=dıl|sc=Cyrl
  • Uab Meto - uab
  • Udmurt - кыв|tr=kyl|sc=Cyrl
  • Ukrainska - мова
  • Urdu - زبان|f|tr=zabān|xs=Urdu, - بھاشا|f|tr=bhāṣā|xs=Urdu
  • Uyghur - تىل|tr=til|sc=ug-Arab|xs=Uyghur
  • Uzbek - til|xs=Uzbek, - zabon|xs=Uzbek
  • Vietnamesiska - tiếng
  • Vietnamesiska - ngôn ngữ
    • , tiếng nói

    verbal

  • Volapük - pük|xs=Volapük
  • Võro - kiil
  • Walesiska - iaith
  • West Frisian: taal
  • Wolof: làkk
  • Xhosa: ulwimi
  • !Xóõ: ǂàã
  • Yakut - тыл|tr=tıl|sc=Cyrl
  • Jiddisch - לשון
  • Jiddisch - שפּראַך

    • the ability to communicate using words

  • Afrikaans: spraak
  • Archi - чӀат
  • Armenian - լեզու|tr=lezu
  • Vitryska - мова
  • Bosnian - govor|m
  • Bulgariska - език
  • Katalanska - llenguatge
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 語言|sc=Hani, - 语言|tr=yǔyán|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - jazyk
    • , řeč
  • Danska - sprogbeherskelse
  • Holländska - taal
    • , spraak
  • Esperanto - lingvo|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - kieli
    • , puhe
  • Franska - langage
  • Tyska - Sprache
  • Grekiska - λόγος
    • , ομιλία
  • Khmer:

    ភាសា

    (pīăsā)
  • Lettiska - valoda
  • Litauiska - kalba
  • Makedonska - говор
  • Mizo - ṭawng
  • Navajo - saad
  • Norska - taleevne
  • Novial: lingue
  • Polska - mowa
  • Portugisiska - língua
    • , linguagem
  • Rumänska - vorbire
    • , limbaj, limbă
  • Russian: язык (jazýk) , речь (reč)
  • Scottish Gaelic - cainnt|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Serbian:
  • : Cyrillic: говор#Serbian|говор

    govor {{m

  • Slovenska - govor
  • Svenska - tal
  • Tamil: மொழி, பாசை
  • Telugu - మాట్లాడు|tr=matladu|sc=Telu
  • Turkiska - dil
  • Jiddisch - שפּראַך

    • nonverbal communication

  • Afrikaans: gebaretaal
  • Armenian - լեզու|tr=lezu
  • Vitryska - мова
  • Bulgariska - език
  • Katalanska - llenguatge
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 語言|sc=Hani, - 语言|tr=yǔyán|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - jazyk
    • , řeč
  • Danska - sprog
  • Holländska - taal
  • Esperanto - lingvo|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - kieli
  • Franska - langage
    • , langue
  • Galician: linguaxe
  • Tyska - Sprache
  • Grekiska - γλώσσα
  • Hebrew: לשון (lašón) , שפה (safa)
  • Interlingua: linguage
  • Italienska - linguaggio
  • Khmer:

    ភាសា

    (pīăsā)
  • Lettiska - valoda
  • Litauiska - kalba
  • Makedonska - јазик
  • Mizo - ṭawng
  • Norska - språk
  • Novial: lingue
  • Polska - język
  • Portugisiska - linguagem
  • Rumänska - limbaj
  • Russian: язык (jazýk) , письменная_речь (pís’mennaja reč)
  • Slovenska - jezik
  • Spanska - lenguaje
  • Tamil: மொழி, பாசை
  • Telugu - సైగ చేయు|tr=saiga ceyu|sc=Telu
  • Thailändska - ภาษา
  • Turkiska - dil
  • Ukrainska - мова
  • Vietnamesiska - ngôn ngữ
  • Jiddisch - שפּראַך

    • computer language

    :

    computer language

  • Afrikaans: rekenaartaal
  • Arabic - لُغَةٌ (lúğa)
  • Armenian - լեզու|tr=lezu
  • Bulgariska - език
  • Katalanska - llenguatge
    • , codi
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 語言|sc=Hani, - 语言|tr=yǔyán|sc=Hani
  • Kroatiska - jezik
  • Tjeckiska - jazyk
  • Danska - sprog
  • Holländska - taal
    • , code
  • Esperanto - lingvo|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - kieli
    • , ohjelmointikieli
  • Franska - langage
  • Galician: linguaxe
  • Georgian - ენა|tr=ena|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian
  • Tyska - Sprache
    • , Sprachen
  • Grekiska - γλώσσα προγραμματισμού
    • , κώδικας
  • Hebrew: שפה (safa)
  • Interlingua: linguage
  • Italienska - linguaggio
  • Japanese: 言語 (げんご, gengo)

    • ភាសា

    (pīăsā)
  • Korean: 언어 (言語, eon-eo)
  • Lettiska - valoda
  • Litauiska - kalba
  • Makedonska - јазик
  • Makedonska - програмски јазик
  • Malaysiska - bahasa
  • Mizo - ṭawng
  • Navajo - saad
  • Norska - språk
    • , programmeringsspråk
  • Novial: lingue
  • Persiska - زبان
  • Polska - język
  • Portuguese: linguagem (de programação)
  • Rumänska - limbaj
  • Russian: язык (программирование|программирования) (jazýk)
  • Scottish Gaelic - cànan|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Slovenska - jezik
  • Spanska - lenguaje
  • Svenska - språk
    • , datorspråk
  • Tamil: மொழி, பாசை
  • Turkiska - dil
  • Ukrainska - мова
  • Vietnamese: ngôn_ngữ (máy_tính)
  • Jiddisch - שפּראַך

    • vocabulary of a particular field

  • Arabic - لُغَةٌ (lúğa)
  • Armenian - լեզու|tr=lezu
  • Bulgariska - език
  • Katalanska - llenguatge
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 語言|sc=Hani, - 语言|tr=yǔyán|sc=Hani, - 用語|sc=Hani, - 用语|tr=yòngyǔ|sc=Hani, - 詞語|sc=Hani, - 词语|tr=cíyǔ|sc=Hani
  • Tjeckiska - jazyk
    • , řeč
  • Danska - sprog
    • , terminologi
  • Holländska - taal
    • , jargon
  • Esperanto - lingvo|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - kieli
    • , sanasto
  • Franska - langage
    • , jargon
  • Galician: linguaxe
  • Georgian - ენა|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian, - ენები|p|sc=Geor|xs=Georgian
  • Tyska - Sprache
    • , Jargon
  • Grekiska - ιδιογλωσσία
    • , φρασεολογία, διάλεκτος
  • Hebrew: לשון (lašón) , שפה (safa)
  • Interlingua: linguage
  • Italienska - linguaggio
  • Japanese: 用語 (ようご, yōgo)
  • Khmer:

    ភាសា

    (pīăsā)
  • Korean: 용어 (用語, yong-eo)
  • Mizo - ṭawng
  • Navajo - saad
  • Norska - språk
  • Norska - terminologi
    • ()
  • Novial: lingue
  • Polska - język
  • Portugisiska - linguagem
  • Rumänska - limbaj
    • , jargon
  • Ryska - язык
    • , лексикон
  • Scottish Gaelic - cainnt|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanska - lenguaje
  • Svenska - språk
  • Tamil: மொழி, பாசை
  • Telugu: పదజాలం (padajAlam), - అక్షరమాల|tr=aksharamala|sc=Telu
  • Turkiska - dil
  • Vietnamese: ngôn_ngữ, biệt_ngữ, từ_vựng, thuật_ngữ
  • Jiddisch - שפּראַך

    • particular words used

  • Afrikaans: taalgebruik
  • Armenian - լեզու|tr=lezu
  • Vitryska - мова
  • Bulgariska - език
  • Katalanska - llenguatge
  • Chinese:
  • : Mandarin - 語言|sc=Hani, - 语言|tr=yǔyán|sc=Hani, - 用語|sc=Hani, - 用语|tr=yòngyǔ|sc=Hani, - 詞語|sc=Hani, - 词语|tr=cíyǔ|sc=Hani
  • Danska - sprog
    • , ordvalg
  • Holländska - taal
  • Esperanto - lingvo|xs=Esperanto
  • Finska - kieli
    • , sana
  • Franska - langage
  • Galician: linguaxe
  • Tyska - Sprache
  • Grekiska - γλώσσα
  • Hebrew: לשון (lašón) , שפה (safa)
  • Interlingua: linguage
  • Italienska - linguaggio
  • Japanska - 言い回し
  • Makedonska - речник
  • Malaysiska - istilah
  • Mizo - ṭawng
  • Navajo - saad
  • Norska - språk
  • Novial: lingue
  • Polska - język
  • Portugisiska - linguagem
  • Ryska - язык
  • Scottish Gaelic - cainnt|f|xs=Scottish Gaelic
  • Spanska - lenguaje
  • Svenska - språk
  • Telugu: పదజాలం (padajAlam)
  • Jiddisch - שפּראַך

    • amu

    : jñò_ndá
  • - ভাষা (bhāṣā)

  • br

    : yezh

    ceb

    : yinaknan, pinulungan

  • fj

    : vosa

  • gn

    : ñe'ẽ

  • haw

    : alelo
  • - kn|ನುಡಿ|tr=nuḍi|sc=Knda|xs=Kannada, - ಭಾಷೆ|tr=bhāṣe|sc=Knda|xs=Kannada

  • mt

    : lingwaġġ

    • mnc

    : gisun

  • mi

    : reo
  • - sprāche (

    sc

    : limba

  • sk

    : reč

    tl

    : wika, salita, pagbigkas, pagbasa

  • tpn

    : nhe'enga

  • zu

    : ulimi, isintu

    • See also

  • bilingual
  • linguistics
  • multilingual
  • trilingual

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  • - wished|school|750|language|court|British|meant
    • ----

    language (French)

    Noun

    m

    - lang=fr

    ----

    language (Middle French)

    Alternative forms

  • - langage
  • - langaige
  • - languaige

    • Noun

    m|s

    #English|language (style of communicating)

    See also

  • - langue
    • ----

    language (Old French)

    Alternative forms

    alternative forms

  • - langage
  • - langaige
  • - languaige
  • - lenguage
  • - lengage
  • - lengaige
  • - lenguaige
  • - linguage
  • - lingage
  • - lingaige
  • - linguaige

    • Etymology

    VL.|fro

    - linguāticum|lang=VL., from Classical - fro - |tongue, language|lang=la.

    Noun

    f

    language#English|language (style of communicating)

    Descendants

  • Middle English - language
  • * English: language#English|language
  • Middle French - language
  • * French: langage

    • See also

  • - langue, - lingue
    • ang:language roa-rup:language ast:language zh-min-nan:language jbo:language simple:language

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