Language

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Categories: English language | Indo-European root *dn̥ghū-

Table of contents

1 English

1.1 Noun

1.1.1 Synonyms
1.1.2 Translations

1.2 See also

English

Noun

language (uncountable and countable; plural languages)

(uncountable) The expression of an understanding - see Language is Understanding (http://www.ourcivilisation.com/undrstnd.htm)
A system of communication using the spoken word or using symbols that represent words or sounds (the English language).
(uncountable) The ability to communicate using words (the gift of language).
(uncountable) A nonverbal system of communication (sign language).
(computing) A computer language.
(uncountable) The vocabulary used in a particular specialist field (legal language).
(uncountable) The particular words used in a passage of text (the language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.)

Synonyms

(2): lingo (colloquial), tongue
(5): artificial language, computer language, programming language
(6): jargon, phraseology, terminology
(7): phraseology, phrasing, terms, wording, words

Translations

Arabic: لغة (lugha) f
Asturian: idioma m llingua f
Bosnian: jezik, govor
Breton: yezh f -où
Bulgarian: език (yezik) m (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Burmese: စကား (sakà)
Catalan: idioma m llengua f
Cebuano: yinaknan, pinulungan
Chinese (simplified): 语言 (yǔyán)
Chinese (traditional): 語言 (yǔyán)
Czech: jazyk m
Danish: sprog
Dutch: taal f, spraak f
Esperanto: lingvo
Estonian: keel
Finnish: kieli (1-6), puhe
French: langue f (1 - 3), langage m (4 - 7)
Frisian: taal
German: Sprache f (1-7)
Greek, Classical: γλῶσσᾰ (glỗssă) f, γλῶττᾰ (glỗttă) f
Greek, Modern: γλώσσα (ghlóssa) f
Guarani: ñe'ẽ
Hawaiian: ‘ōlelo
Hebrew: שפה (shafah) f, לשון (lashon)
Hindi: भाषा (bhāssā) m
Hungarian: nyelv
Icelandic: mál n, tungumál n
Indonesian: bahasa
Interlingua: lingua (1), linguage (2, 3, 4, 5)
Irish: teanga f
Italian: lingua f (1 - 3), linguaggio m (4 - 7)
Japanese: 言語 (げんご, gengo)
Kannada: ಭಾಷೆ (bhāsse), ನುಡಿ (nuddi)
Khmer: ភាសា (phiesaa)
Klingon: Hol
Korean: 말 (mal), 언어 [言語] (eon.eo)
Latin: lingua f
Latvian: valoda
Lithuanian: kalba
Luxembourgish: Sprooch f
Malay: bahasa
Manchu: gisun
Middle High German: sprâche f
Mongolian: хел (khel)
Norwegian: språk, talemål n
Old English: spræc
Old High German: sprâhha
Persian: زبان (zæbān)
Polish: język
Portuguese: língua f (1), linguagem (2,3,4,5)
Quenya:  (lambe),  (qetil)
Romanian: limbă f
Romanica: lingua f (1), linguage f (2, 3, 4, 5)
Russian: язык (yazyk)
Sardinian: limba
Sindarin:  (lam)
Slovak: jazyk m, reč f
Slovenian: jezik m
Spanish: idioma m, lengua f
Swahili: lugha 5
Swedish: språk
Thai: [[ภาษา]] (phaasáá)
Toki Pona: toki
Tupinambá: nhe'enga
Turkish: dil, lisan
Vietnamese: tiếng nói, ngôn ngữ
Volapük: pük
Welsh: iaith f
Xhosa: ulwimi 6
Yiddish: לשון (loshn) n
Zulu: ulimi, isintu