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language noun

  /laŋɡˈweːd͡ʒ/ , /ˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ/ , [ˈlaŋɡwed͡ʒ] , [ˈlaŋɡwɪd͡ʒ] , [ˈle(ɪ)ŋɡwɪd͡ʒ] , [ˈlæŋɡwɪd͡ʒ] , [ˈlæːŋɡwɪd͡ʒ]
  • (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
  • (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
  • (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
 kieli, puhe
  • (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.
 kieli, ohjelmointikieli
  • (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
 kieli, kielenkäyttö, sanat
  • (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
 kieli, sanasto
sign language
viittomakieli
programming language
ohjelmointikieli
standard language
yleiskieli, kirjakieli, standardikieli
language family
kielikunta
proto-language
kantakieli
official language
virallinen kieli
constructed language
tekokieli, keinotekoinen kieli, keinokieli
language proficiency
kielitaito
literary language
kirjakieli
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