Language

//ˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ//

Word Type

Noun
Verb
Intj

The word "language" can be used as noun, verb and intj.

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A language AB language Auslan B language C language Community language Dyck language English-language German-language Iranian language Iranic language Oïl language Polish-language Romance language Scala Sydney language Turkish-language Western Desert language a language is a dialect with an army and navy abstract language altlang antilanguage artlang aspect-oriented language aspect-oriented programming language assembler language assembly language auxlang bilanguage cache language model camouflanguage child language class-based language classical language clean language colanguage conditional assembly language conlang contact language context-free language counterlanguage cryptolanguage curly-brace language curly-braces language curly-bracket language cyberlanguage daughter language delegation language design language domain-specific language dynamic language e-language learning engelang epilanguage equity language esoteric programming language expressive language first language ghost language good language hand language heritage language high-level language home language imperative language indexing language interlanguage intermediate language international auxiliary language killer language language analysis for the determination of origin language area language arts language assessment language assimilation language assistant language barrier language border language branch language change language code language contact language continuum language cop language cops language death language delay language ecology language education language exchange language extinction language family language game language island language isolate language lab language laboratory language learner language learning language model language nest language of education language of flowers language organ language planning language police language pollution language processing language proficiency language replacement language school language script language server language shift language survey language swap language technology language transfer language-agnostic language-independent language-oriented languagehood languageless languagelike languager languagescape languagey languaging languagism languagist languist languoid large language model link-language lip language little language liturgical language loaded language logical language loglang love language low-level language macro language macrolanguage markup language matrix language metalanguage mind one's language mini-language minilanguage mixed language moon language mother language multilanguage native language native-language identification natlang natural language processing natural language understanding nonlanguage null-subject language object-based language object-oriented language official language ordinary language ordinary language philosophy pandanus language paralanguage parent language people-first language prelanguage private language argument private language problem private language thesis pro-drop language proto-language prototype-based language prototype-based scripting language pseudolanguage query language receptive language reconstructed language regular language role-oriented language second language second-language acquisition semilanguage sister language slanguage sleeping language small language model source language speak someone's language speak the same language specific language impairment spurious language static language statically-typed language statistical language acquisition strong language style sheet language symbolic language systems language third language acquisition trade language translanguage twilight language unit of language unparliamentary language ur-language urlanguage village sign language visual language visual programming language watch one's language whole language wooden language

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Has Property

Part Of (Holonyms)

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

Celtic language E-language Germanic language I-language Indo-European language L1 L2 OV language Romance language Sino-Tibetan language Slavic language VO language active-stative language agglutinative language analytic language artificial language auxiliary language bad language birthtongue body language command language common language computer computer language computing language configuration language constructed language construction language corpus language creole dead language description language direct-inverse language endangered language engineered language ergative-absolutive language everyday language experimental language extinct language father tongue first language foreign language formal language foul language fusional language global language hardware description language heritage language indigenous language inflected language international language isolating language lingua franca link language literary language living language logical language machine language main language mathematical language meta language metaphorical language micronational language minority language modeling language modern language mother language mother tongue multi-paradigm language native language native tongue natural language nominative-accusative language object language oligosynthetic language pattern language philosophical language phonetic language pidgin planned language polysynthetic language principal language private language programming language scripting language second language secular language sign language spoken language standard language subject-oriented language synthetic language target language tripartite language universal language vehicular language vernacular vernacular language vulgate working language world language

Related Terms

ability ban ban gauge bilingual body characters communicate communication communication ability communication form communication format communication means communication medium communication tool community computer language countries country country communication country speech culture dialect dialects do dutch each each country english english dutch english french english german english mandarin english spanish esperanto every every country example example french express expression field foreign foreign speak foreign tongue form format french french english french esperanto french german french russian french spanish gauge german german italian german spanish grammar greek greek dutch human human communication humans humans do italian italian french japanese japanese korean korean languet latin lesson lexis lingo linguistics machine language mandarin manner many variations means medium method mother mother tongue multilingual nation nation tongue native native one native speech native tongue nothing organ passage pipe profanity russian school school lesson school subject spanish spanish english spanish italian speak speaking speaking dialect speaking lingo specialist speech spoken spoken communication spoken dialect spoken system spoken tongue spoken written subject symbol system talk talk speak talking talking communication talking method term text tongue tongues tool trilingual usage variations vocabulary way way to what what speak word writing writing system written written spoken you speak

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