Language

Definitions: Language

Language

Noun

1. 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".

2. Communication by word of mouth; "his speech was slurred"; "the telephone greatly increased the range of speech communication"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets".

3. A system of words used in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "the language of sociology".

4. The cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication; "he didn't have the language to express his feelings".

5. The mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals".

6. The text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language".

Date "language" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Language

Domain	Definitions
Satire	LANGUAGE, n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Computing	Language 1. programming language. 2. natural language. (1998-09-07). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Aerospace	In electronic computers: 1. A system consisting of (a) a well-defined, usually finite, set of characters; (b) rules for combining characters with one another or form words or other expressions; and (c) a specific assignment of meaning to some of the words or expressions, usually for communicating information or data among a group of people, machines, etc. 2. A system similar to the above but without any specific assignment of meanings. Such systems may be distinguished from sense 1 above, when necessary, by referring to them as formal or uninterpreted languages. See code, machine language.Although it is sometimes convenient to study a language independently of any meanings, in all practical cases at least one set of meanings is eventually assigned. (references)
Literature	Language 21 Italian alphabet. 22 Hebrew & Syriac alphabet 23 Latin alphabet 24 Greek alphabet 25 French alphabet 26 English, German, Dutch alphabet 27 Spanish alphabet 28 Arabic alphabet 32 Coptic alphabet 33 Russian alphabet 38 Armenian alphabet 39 Georgian alphabet 40 Slavonic alphabet 45 Persian (Zend) alphabet 49 Sanskrit alphabet The Chinese have no alphabet, but about 20,000 syllabic characters. Ezra vii. 21 contains all the letters of the English language, presuming I and J to be identical. Even the Italian alphabet is capable of more than seventeen trillion combinations; that is, 17 followed by eighteen other figures, as - 17,000,000,000,000,000,000; While the English alphabet will combine into more than twenty-nine thousand quatrillion combinations; that is, 29 followed by twenty-seven other figures, as - 29,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Yet we have no means of marking the several sounds of our different vowels; nor can we show how to pronounce such simple words as foot (pull and dull), sugar (father and rather), (gin and be-gin), calm, Bourges, Boeuf in "Boeuf-gras," oeufs, and thousands of other words. We want the restoration of th to distinguish between this and thin; a Greek ch to distinguish between Church and Christ, two g 's (one soft and one hard), two c 's, two o 's, half a dozen a 's, and so on. Take a, we have fate, fat, Thames (e), war (o), salt (au), etc. So with e, we have prey (a), met (e), England (i), sew (o), herb (u), etc. The other vowels are equally indefinite. Language The primeval language. Psammetichos, an Egyptian king, entrusted two new-born infants to a shepherd, with strict charge that they were never to hear any one utter a word. These children were afterwards brought before the king and uttered the word bekos (baked bread). The same experiment was tried by Frederick II. of Sweden, James IV. of Scotland, and one of the Mogul emperors of India. James IV., in the 15th century, shut up two infant children in the Isle of Inchkeith, with a dumb attendant to wait on them. The three primitive languages. The Persians say that Arabic, Persian, and Turkish are three primitive languages. The serpent that seduced Eve spoke Arabic, the most suasive language in the world; Adam and Eve spoke Persian, the most poetic of all languages; and the angel Gabriel spoke Turkish, the most menacing of all languages. (Chardin.) "Language given to men to conceal their thoughts," is by Montrond, but is generally fathered on Talleyrand. Characteristics of European languages: L'Italien se parle aux dames. Le Francais se parle aux hommes. L'Anglais se parle aux oiseaux L'Allemand se parle aux chevaux. L'Espagnol se parle � Dieux. English, according to the French notion, is both singsong and sibilant. Charles Quint used to say, "I speak German to my horses, Spanish to my God, French to my friends, and Italian to my mistresses." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Math	A set of strings over some fixed alphabet. A characterization of inputs which may or may not be solved by algorithms. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
LANGCRED	Dutch	Language Credits and Credibility	N/A
LAD	English	Language Acquisition Device	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disapprobation	Evil-speaking; bad language; personality.
Discourtesy	Scowl, black looks, frown; short answer, rebuff; hard words, contumely; unparliamentary language, personality.
Lamentation	Phrase: tears standing in the eyes, tears starting from the eyes; eyes suffused, eyes swimming, eyes brimming, eyes overflowing with tears; "if you have tears prepare to shed them now"; interdum lacrymae pondera vocis habent; "strangled his language in his tears"; "tears such as angels weep".
Language	Noun: language; phraseology; speech; tongue, lingo, vernacular; mother tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue; household words; King's English, Queen's English; dialect.
	Literature, letters, polite literature, belles lettres, muses, humanities, literae humaniores, republic of letters, dead languages, classics; genius of language; scholarship; (scholar).
Malediction	Abuse; foul language, bad language, strong language, unparliamentary language; billingsgate, sauce, evil speaking; cursing; Verb: profane swearing, oath; foul invective, ribaldry, rude reproach, scurrility.
Neologism	Vulgar language, obscene language, obscenity, vulgarity.
	Substandard language, vernacular.
	Pun, paranomasia, play upon words; word play; (wit); double-entendre; (ambiguity); palindrome, paragram, anagram, clinch; abuse of language, abuse of terms.
	Colloquialism, informal speech, informal language.
Speech	Oratory; elocution, eloquence; rhetoric, declamation; grandiloquence, multiloquence; burst of eloquence; facundity; flow of words, command of words, command of language; copia verborum; power of speech, gift of the gab; usus loquendi.
Stammering	Mumble, mutter; maud, mauder; whisper; mince, lisp; jabber, gibber; sputter, splutter; muffle, mump; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; snuffle, clip one's words; murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English; mispronounce, missay.
Style	Noun: style, diction, phraseology, wording; manner, strain; composition; mode of expression, choice of words; mode of speech, literary power, ready pen, pen of a ready writer; command of language; (eloquence); authorship; la morgue litteraire.
Vigor	Noun: vigor, power, force; boldness, raciness; Adjective: intellectual, force; spirit, point, antithesis, piquance, piquancy; verve, glow, fire, warmth; strong language; gravity, sententiousness; elevation, loftiness, sublimity.
	Eloquence; command of words, command of language.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept the program. Entire crops were lost. Some believed we lacked the programming language to describe your perfect world. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) There are few who can. The language is that of Mordor, which I will not utter here. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) Err, bad breath, colorful language, feather duster what do you think they're gonna be armed with? (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie) That's alright with me. I'm sure he's just as unpleasant in any language. (Touch of Evil; writing credit: Whit Masterson; Orson Welles) They're silent so we won't have to worry about the language problem but I think people would really go for that action stuff. (Shanghai Knights; writing credit: Alfred Gough; Miles Millar)
Lyrics	At Napoleon in rags and the language that ("Like a Rolling Stone"; performing artist: Bob Dylan)
Clever	There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry. (references; author: Mark Twain) The sum of human knowledge is not contained in any one language. (references; author: unknown) I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language. (references; author: unknown) The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched. (references; author: unknown) No words in the English language rhyme with month, orange, silver, or purple. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Breaking the Language Barrier (1961) A Foreign Language (1958) Another Language (1933) The Language of the Dumb (1915) An Unknown Language (1911)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	English Language Learning and Instruction System, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Lechner's Comprehensive 4 Language Dictionary: Paper, Plastics, Aluminum Foil and Converting Terms (reference) Kolonie-Deutsch: Life and Language in Amana (reference) The Ansa Pal Tutorial: Programming With the Paradox Application Language (reference) Ivor Horton's Beginning C++ : The Complete Language ANSI/ISO Compliant (Wrox Beginning Series) (reference) Scheme Programming Language, The: ANSI Scheme (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Acq - Acquiring Knowledge In Speech Language And Learning (reference) Aumla : Journal Of The Australasian Universities Language And Literature Association (reference) Canadian Association For Commonwealth Literature And Language Studies Membership (reference) Guidelines : A Magazine For Language Teachers (reference) Journal Of Clinical Speech & Language Studies (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Anatomy & Genetics (Spanish Language Edition) (reference) Grunt, Snort, Wheeze, Understanding the Language & Voice of the Whitetail (reference) Hatha Yoga: The Hidden Language of the Body (reference) Talking Hands: A Sign Language Video for Children (reference) Having Your Baby! A Complete Lamaze Prepared Childbirth Class, English language version, 2001 (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Romanza (Italian/Spanish Language Edition) (reference) Perverted By Language (reference) Universal Language 2 (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Franklin LM6000b Speaking Language Master (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Red fox - Vulpes vulpes. This animal was noted in Rhode Island by the first settlers as it was mentioned by Roger Williams in 1643 in his work "A Key into the Language of America.".Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).		Caption: Kazemhe, a Lunda Chief in the Belgian Congo, Speaking into an Ediphone Which Is Used by Missionaries for Language Study; Belgian Congo; Unknown Date; {29.320/214} (jpg).
	... eradication campaign ... transcended all language barriers and local traditions. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by J. Ryst..		[Chief dietitian uses sign language to converse with deaf employees].Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Photograph printed on a postal card. It was taken between 1925 and 1928. The Japanese language caption in upper left center gives information on the ship's construction, displacement, dimensions and armament. Text in upper right identifies Kongo and Haruna as having this appearance. However, only Kongo had the searchlight platform between the first and second smokestacks, as seen here. See Photo # NH 89176 for an identical view, with very similar Japanese language caption.Credit: NAVY.		Nudge -- the language of the elbow.Credit: Library of Congress.
	If flowers have a language as hath often times been said, I wonder if the buttercups would cry aloud for bread.Credit: Library of Congress.		What every husband knows. The language of flowers --.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Two men using sign language in a library.Credit: Library of Congress.		Adrienne Rich, author of The Dream of a common language, poems 1974-1977, to be published by W.W. Norton and Co.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Aubrey Beardsley	No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
Ben Johnson	Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
Benjamin Disraeli	Finality is not the language of politics.
Charlemagne	To have another language is to possess a second soul.
Denis Diderot	Good music is very close to primitive language.
George Herbert	The eyes have one language everywhere.
Graffiti	Laughter translates into any language.
Henry David Thoreau	The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	Language is the archives of history.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	God having made man such a creature, that in his own judgment, it was not good for him to be alone, put him under strong obligations of necessity, convenience, and inclination to drive him into society, as well as fitted him with understanding and language to continue and enjoy it. (Second Treatise of Government)
Marbury v. Madison	1803	Here the language of the constitution is addressed especially to the courts. (reference)
Communist Manifesto	1848	This annexation took place in the same way in which a foreign language is appropriated, namely, by translation. (reference)
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Each of the Clearing Offices will be at liberty to correspond with the other and to forward documents in its own language. (reference)
United Nations	1948	Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. (reference)
Brown v. Board of Education	1954	Any language [347 U.S. 483, 495] in Plessy v. Ferguson contrary to this finding is rejected. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	Could he have thought himself encouraged, his looks and language at parting would have been different.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	What he felt at that moment escapes human language.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	The best helpers the language has.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	He talked the smart listless language of the roadsides to her.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	On the 26th day of October, we arrived at the metropolis, called in their language Lorbrulgrud, or Pride of the Universe.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Language skills or speech are delayed. (references)
		Involved in conscious thought and language. (references)
		Select the dates and language that you prefer. (references)
Business		Language is a crucial factor in France. (references)
		Mandarin Chinese is the official language of Taiwan. (references)
		Spanish language catalogs or brochures are also very helpful. (references)
Children	Kenya	KTN broadcasts some news programs in sign language. (references)
	Sweden	Deaf children have the right to education in sign language. (references)
	Belarus	In Minsk only 11 of the 242 middle schools taught in the Belarusian language. (references)
Civil Liberties	Armenia	There is foreign language programming. (references)
	Turkmenistan	Foreign language instruction also is available in private centers. (references)
	Turkmenistan	There is only one official Turkmen newspaper published in the Russian language. (references)
Discrimination	India	The traditional caste system as well as differences of ethnicity, religion, and language deeply divide society. (references)
	Israel and the occupied territories	Disability, Language, or Social Status The law prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex or marital status. (references)
	San Marino	The law prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, disability, language, or social status, and the authorities generally respect these provisions. (references)
Economic History	Burundi	Kirundi is the common language. (references)
	Denmark	Danish is the principal language. (references)
	Micronesia	English has become the common language. (references)
Human Rights	Kazakhstan	Proceedings also may be held in the language of the majority of the population in a particular area. (references)
	Greece	Also defendants often are not advised of their rights during arrest in a language that they can understand. (references)
	Kazakhstan	Legal proceedings are conducted in the state language, Kazakh, although Russian also may be used officially in the courts. (references)
Indigenous People	El Salvador	In reality, very few persons speak the indigenous language of Nahuatl. (references)
	Mexico	According to a 2000 World Bank report, approximately 808,100 individuals speak only an indigenous language. (references)
	Guatemala	On May 18, UNESCO declared the language, dances, and music of the Garifuna people to be part of the international cultural patrimony. (references)
Minorities	Senegal	Wolof is the country's primary language. (references)
	Yugoslavia	The Hungarian language is taught in schools. (references)
	Moldova	The Gagauz speak Russian and Gagauz, a Turkic language. (references)
Political Economy	Ireland	The two countries share the same language and similar values. (references)
	EL SALVADOR	Authorities have not enforced the Spanish language labeling requirement. (references)
	EGYPT	An Arabic language catalog must accompany imported tools, machines and equipment. (references)
Political Rights	Moldova	Debate takes place in either the Moldovan/Romanian or Russian language, with translation provided. (references)
	Estonia	The law was amended in 1999 to place language requirements on Members of Parliament; Russian speakers protested. (references)
	Zambia	In April some of the President's supporters used racist language against two M.P.'s of Asian origin; they were not disciplined. (references)
Trade	Denmark	The labeling language must be Danish. (references)
	Egypt	Arabic language is mandatory on labels. (references)
	Sweden	Shipping documents may be made out in the English language. (references)
Travel	Kenya	The commercial language is English. (references)
	Panama	Panama's official language is Spanish. (references)
	Austria	Austria's official language is German. (references)
Women	San Marino	In theory the 2000 law allows 12 months for all children of San Marino citizens to attain permanent citizenship after reaching legal majority; however, the language of the law phrases this right slightly differently for the children of male citizens and the children of female citizens. (references)
	Belgium	A study by the Ministry of Defense in October 2000 found that 54 percent of women in the armed forces had been subjected to abusive language, 36 percent had experienced unwelcome physical contact, and 4.6 percent reported being the victim of sexual harassment involving physical violence. (references)
	Yemen	The NWC's 7-member legal committee, consisting of lawyers, women's rights experts, and Islamic scholars, found that 10 laws contained discriminatory language or "negligence with respect to women" and that 15 others were ambiguous because the laws used the masculine impersonal pronoun when the statutes governed women as well as men. (references)
Worker Rights	China	There also are two bilingual channels on which Tibetan language programs make up 15 percent of the total. (references)
	China	RFA states that Tibetans are subject to intimidation and fines for listening to foreign language broadcasts, including RFA. (references)
	Thailand	This is due to mistrust of the authorities and fear of the traffickers, as well as the victim's limitations in education and language. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	Women want successful careers, large families, and enough free time to exercise, join a book group, and learn a foreign language.
Mariah Carey	You know, it was always interesting to me when I would go to other countries and they would be singing my lyrics back to me. But if we tried to have a conversation, we couldn't because they don't speak the same language.
Rich Cohen	Yeah. It's a great thing about a book. It could just be about, you know, the feeling of a summer day that never ends. And a movie's about, I think, a lot of it is about the language and the way people talk.
Richard Armey	In this Congress probably this summer, I would hope by July. It's been very difficult to deal with the language of the Supreme Court decision.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.96%	18,751	491
Noun (proper)	0.04%	7	133,076
Total	100.00%	18,758	N/A

Expressions using "language": a Hardware Programming Language ♦ a Language Encouraging Program Hierarchy ♦ a Language for Attributed Definitions ♦ A Language for Intelligent Combinatorial Exploration ♦ a Language with an Extensible Compiler ♦ a Manufacturing Language ♦ a PArse REquest Language ♦ a Programming Language ♦ abbreviated Test Language for Avionics Systems ♦ abuse of language ♦ abusive language ♦ active Language I ♦ adventure Definition Language ♦ Afrasian language ♦ Afroasiatic language ♦ agglutinating language ♦ algebraic language ♦ algebraic Logic Functional language ♦ algebraic Specification Language ♦ algonquian language ♦ algorithmic ASsembly language ♦ algorithmic Language ♦ algorithmic Processor Description Language ♦ Altaic language ♦ american language ♦ american sign language ♦ amerindian language ♦ analog Hardware Design Language ♦ Analytic language ♦ anatolian language ♦ Andorra Kernel Language ♦ another Tool for Language Recognition ♦ applications language ♦ applicative language ♦ Applicative Language for Digital Signal Processing ♦ Applicative Language Idealised Computing Engine ♦ arabic language ♦ arm language ♦ armenian language ♦ array Processor Assembly Language ♦ artificial language ♦ ASDO IMPlementation Language ♦ assembler language ♦ assembly language ♦ assembly Language Compiler ♦ assembly Language for Multics ♦ associative Memory Parallel Processing Language ♦ Athapaskan language ♦ austronesian language ♦ authoring language ♦ automatic language processing ♦ axiomatic Architecture Description Language ♦ back End Generator Language ♦ bad language ♦ baltic language ♦ Bantoid language ♦ barrack language ♦ basic Assembly Language ♦ basic Language for Implementation of System Software ♦ body language ♦ broken language ♦ Burge's Language ♦ business language ♦ C language ♦ C Language Integrated Production System ♦ Caddoan language ♦ Cadkey advance development language ♦ Canaanitic language ♦ caribbean language ♦ categorical Abstract Machine Language ♦ caucasian language ♦ celtic language ♦ Chadic language ♦ chaldee language ♦ checkout Test language ♦ Child Language ♦ class Oriented Ring Associated Language ♦ coarse language ♦ Coco Language ♦ ColdFusion Markup Language ♦ colloquial language ♦ command language ♦ command of language ♦ commercial language ♦ common Algorithmic Language ♦ common Business Oriented Language ♦ common Intermediate Language ♦ common language ♦ common technical language ♦ compiler Language for Information Processing ♦ compiler Target Language ♦ computer Animation Movie Language ♦ computer Design Language ♦ computer language ♦ contour language ♦ control Language ♦ conversational algebraic language ♦ course Author Language ♦ Dardic language ♦ data definition language ♦ data Management Language. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "language": language-based, language-based editor, language-behaviour, language-centred, language-change, language-collecting, language-crossing, language-cum-posture, language-delayed, language-disordered, Language-export, language-family, language-focussed, language-game, language-games, language-groups, language-impaired, language-independent, language-in-use, language-is, language-learner, language-learning, language-like, language-maintenance, language-material, language-mediated, language-mixing, language-or, language-orientated, language-oriented, language-planning, language-processing, language-producers, language-related, language-sensitive editor, language-specific, Language-strata, language-structure, language-system, language-systems, language-talk, language-teacher, language-teaching, language-'the, language-transmitted, language-use, language-user, language-users, language-using, language-wise, language-work.
	Ending with "language": body-language, english-language, first-language, foreign-language, french-language, japanese-language, pain-language, spanish-language, target-language.
	Containing "language": Speech-Language Pathology.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "language"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		taal (tongue). (various references)

Albanian		gjuhë (idiom, spirt, tongue). (various references)

Arabic		‏لهجة (accent, argot, dialect, tone), ‏لغة (idiom, parlance, speech, talk, tongue), ‏لسان (armlet, cape, tab, tenon, tongue), ‏أسلوب (archaism, character, diction, flair, genre, manner, method, mode, pattern, phraseology, regimen, sort, strain, style, stylization, technique, tone). (various references)

Asturian		llinguaxe. (various references)

Aymara		aru. (various references)

Basque		euskara (Basque language). (various references)

Bemba		ululimi (tongue). (various references)

Breton		saozneg (English language), brezhoneg (Breton language). (various references)

Bulgarian		реч (address, allocution, speech, tongue, utterance), езиков (lingual, linguistic, verbal), език (idiom, parlance, pawl, red rag, speech, striker, terms, tongue). (various references)

Catalan		idioma (tongue). (various references)

Cebuano		pinulongan. (various references)

Chamorro		lengguahi. (various references)

Chinese		語言 , 語 (dialect, speech, tell to), 話 (conversation, dialect, speech, spoken words, talk, what someone said, words), 语言 (A-language, linguistic, Linguistical, linguistically), 文 (culture, formal, literary, writing). (various references)

Cornish		ýeth. (various references)

Czech		sloh (pen, style), jazyk (Lang, speech, tongue), řeè (harangue, oration, speech, talk, tongue). (various references)

Danish		sprog (tongue). (various references)

Dutch		taal (speech, tongue). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua		shimi (mouth). (various references)

Esperanto		lingvo (tongue). (various references)

Estonian		keelt. (various references)

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	glossa. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	lingua. (various references)
Proven�al	1000-Modern	lingo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	The principle which calls in question the President for the language of his message would equally justify a foreign power in demanding explanations of the language used in the report of a committee or by a member in debate.
Herbert C. Hoover	1929-1933	From one of them we derive our very language and from many of them much of the genius of our institutions.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Americans speak every language, know every county.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Country	Name
USA	English Language Learning and Instruction System, Inc.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
language	3,680
sign language	3,350
language translation	3,113
language translator	2,223
body language	1,342
language school	1,307
american sign language	1,302
latin language	1,281
foreign language	1,258
language translation free	1,232
spanish language	1,122
language program	881
french language	865
learn sign language	859
japanese language	665
russian language	641
italian language	636
german language	576
language software	573
hawaiian language	561
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Acts Chapter 22, Verse 2
Albanian	Kur dëgjuan se u fliste atyre në gjuhën hebraike, heshtën edhe më shumë. Pastaj ai tha:
Bulgarian	Аз съм юдеин, роден в Тарс Киликийски, а възпитан в тоя град при �"амалииловите нозе, изучен строго в предадения от бащите ни закон. И бях ревностен за Бога, както сте и всички вие днес,
Cebuano	Ug sa ilang pagkadungog kaniya nga nagsulti kanila sa pinulongan nga Hebreohanon, milabi pa sila paghilum. Ug siya miingon kanila:
Chinese	眾人聽他說的是希伯來話、就更 � 安靜了。
Croatian	Kad èuše da im govori hebrejskim jezikom, još veæma utihnuše. On nastavi:
Danish	Men da de hørte, at han talte til dem i det hebraiske Sprog, holdt de sig end mere stille. Og han siger:
Dutch	(Als zij nu hoorden, dat hij in de Hebreeuwse taal hen aansprak, hielden zij zich te meer stil. En hij zeide:)
Finnish	Kun he kuulivat hänen puhuvan heille hebreankielellä, syntyi vielä suurempi hiljaisuus. Ja hän sanoi:
French	Lorsqu`ils entendirent qu`il leur parlait en langue hébraïque, ils redoublèrent de silence. Et Paul dit:
German	Da sie aber hörten, daß er auf hebräisch zu ihnen redete, wurden sie noch stiller. Und er sprach:
Haitian Creole	Lè yo tande l' ap pale ebre, yo rete byen dousman. Epi Pòl di yo:
Hungarian	Mikor pedig hallották, hogy zsidó nyelven szól hozzájok, még inkább nyugalmat tanusítottak. És monda:
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ketika mereka mendengar Paulus berbicara dalam bahasa Ibrani, mereka menjadi lebih tenang lagi. Maka Paulus meneruskan keterangannya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Setelah mereka itu mendengar ia bertutur dengan bahasa Ibrani makin senyaplah mereka itu. Lalu kata Paulus,
Italian	Quando sentirono che parlava loro in lingua ebraica, fecero silenzio ancora di più.
Korean	� � 희 가 그 히 브 리 방 언 으 로 말 함 을 �"� � �" 욱 종 용 한 지 라 이 어 가 로 되
Latvian	Kad tie dzirdçja, ka viòð tos uzrunâ ebreju valodâ, tie kïuva vçl klusâki,
Maori	A, ka rongo ratou ko te reo Hiperu tana i korero ai ki a ratou, katahi ka mutu rawa te kiki; a ka mea ia,
Modern Greek	Ακουσαντες δε οτι ελαλει προς αυτους εις την Εβραικην διαλεκτον, εδειξαν περισσοτεραν ησυχιαν. Και ειπεν·
Norwegian	Da de hørte at han talte til dem på det hebraiske mål, holdt de sig ennu mere stille. Han sier da:
Portuguese	Ora, quando ouviram que lhes falava em língua hebraica, guardaram ainda maior silêncio. E ele prosseguiu.
Rumanian	Cknd au auzit ei cq le vorbewte kn limba evreiascq, au yinut wi mai multq liniwte. Wi Pavel a zis:
Russian	хУМЩЫБЧ ЦЕ, ЮФП ПО ЪБЗПЧПТЙМ У ОЙНЙ ОБ ЕЧТЕКУЛПН СЪЩЛЕ, ПОЙ ЕЭЕ �'ПМЕЕ ХФЙИМЙ. пО УЛБЪБМ:
Shuar	Tura Papru Israer chichaman chichaakui, aents nuna antukar Nú nankaamas itiatkarmiayi.
Spanish	Cuando oyeron que Pablo les hablaba en lengua hebrea, guardaron aun mayor silencio. Entonces dijo:
Swahili	Waliposikia akiongea nao kwa Kiebrania wakazidi kukaa kimya zaidi kuliko hapo awali. Naye Paulo akaendelea kusema,
Swedish	När de hörde att han talade till dem på hebreiska, blevo de ännu mer stilla. Och han fortsatte:
Thai	(ครั้นเขาทั้งหลายไ�"้ยินท่านพู�"� าษาฮีบรู เขาก็ยิ่งเงียบลงกว่าก่อน เปาโลจึงกล่าวว่า)
Ukrainian	Як зачули ж вони, що до них він говорить �"врейською мовою, то тиша ще більша настала. А він промовляв:
Uma	Kara'epe-na ntodea Paulus mololita hi rala basa-ra moto, hangkedi' pengkalino-ra. Napokaliliu Paulus lolita-na, na'uli':
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "language": languages. (additional references)
	Words ending with "language": metalanguage, nonlanguage, paralanguage, protolanguage, slanguage, sublanguage. (additional references)
	Words containing "language": metalanguages, nonlanguages, paralanguages, protolanguages, slanguages, sublanguages. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Language" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: langauage, Lengua, Linguae, Llanrug, Luangwa. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-g-l-n-u"
	-2 letters: anlage, galena, gangue, laguna, lagune, langue.
	-3 letters: alane, alang, algae, angel, angle, galea, gauge, genua, glean, gulag, lagan, lauan, lunge, ulnae.
	-4 letters: ague, alae, alan, alga, anal, anga, egal, elan, gaen, gaga, gage, gala, gale, gane, gang, gaun, genu, gleg, glen, glue, glug, guan, lane, lang, lean, luge, luna, lune, lung, ulan, ulna.
	-5 letters: aal, aga, age, ala, ale, ana, ane, eau, egg, eng, gae, gag, gal, gan, gel, gen, gnu, gul, gun, lag, lea, leg, leu, lug, nae, nag.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-g-l-n-u"
	+1 letter: languages, slanguage.
	+2 letters: slanguages.
	+3 letters: agglutinate, nonlanguage, sublanguage.
	+4 letters: agglutinable, agglutinated, agglutinates, metalanguage, nonlanguages, paralanguage, sublanguages.
	+5 letters: agglutinative, metalanguages, paralanguages, protolanguage.
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Language

Definitions: Language

Language

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Language

Specialty Definition: Language

Mathematical languages

External links

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Language

Synonyms: Language

Synonyms within Context: Language

Disapprobation

Discourtesy

Lamentation

Language

Malediction

Neologism

Speech

Stammering

Style

Vigor

Crosswords: Language

Modern Usage: Language

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Language

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Image Slideshow: Language

Photos:Language

Illustrations:Language

Computer Images:Language

Photo Album: Language

Familiar Quotations: Language

Aubrey Beardsley

Ben Johnson

Benjamin Disraeli

Charlemagne

Denis Diderot

George Herbert

Graffiti

Henry David Thoreau

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Historic Usage: Language

John Locke

Marbury v. Madison

Communist Manifesto

Treaty of Versailles

United Nations

Brown v. Board of Education

Use in Literature: Language

Emma

Austen, Jane

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Non-Fiction Usage: Language

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Language

Dennis Miller

Mariah Carey

Rich Cohen

Richard Armey

Speeches: Language

Andrew Jackson

Herbert C. Hoover

Bill Clinton

Usage Frequency: Language

Photos:
Language

Illustrations:
Language

Computer Images:
Language