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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. (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field. (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does. (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language. (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.	teanga

target language: sprioctheanga
object language: sprioctheanga, teanga aidhme
official language: teanga oifigiúil
sign language: teanga chomharthaíochta
foreign language: teanga iasachta
programming language: teanga ríomhaire, teanga ríomhaireachta, teanga ríomhchlárúcháin
machine language: meaisínteanga, teanga mheaisín
constructed language: teanga chumtha
language family: fine teangacha

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