Language

Of communication.   May also be referred to as linguistic communication.

A systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written".

This concept's ID is @1~33684

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  • style 31 facts

    A way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of...

  • artificial language 27 facts

    A language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose.

  • tongue 22 facts

    A human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer langu...

  • language 11 facts

    ) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language";...

  • accent 3 facts

    A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special...

  • sign language 3 facts

    Language expressed by visible hand gestures.

  • source language 2 facts

    A language that is to be translated into another language.

  • string of words 2 facts

    A linear sequence of words as spoken or written.

  • metalanguage 1 facts

    A language that can be used to describe languages.

  • indigenous language 1 facts

    A language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that...

  • slanguage 0 facts

    Language characterized by excessive use of slang or cant.

  • outpouring 0 facts

    The rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication (spoken or written); "a...

  • usage 0 facts

    The customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written; "English...

  • dead language 0 facts

    A language that is no longer learned as a native language.

  • words 0 facts

    Language that is spoken or written; "he has a gift for words"; "she put her thoughts into...

  • object language 0 facts

    The language into which a text written in another language is to be translated.

  • native language 0 facts

    The language that a person has spoken from earliest childhood.

  • superstrate 0 facts

    The language of a later invading people that is imposed on an indigenous population...

  • lingua franca 0 facts

    A common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of...