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  2. Language, a system of conventional spoken, manual (signed), or written symbols by means of which human beings express themselves. The functions of language include communication, the expression of identity, play, imaginative expression, and emotional release.

  3. Language - Meaning, Style, Communication | Britannica

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    Language - Meaning, Style, Communication: The whole object and purpose of language is to be meaningful. Languages have developed and are constituted in their present forms in order to meet the needs of communication in all its aspects.

  4. English language, a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that is closely related to the Frisian, German, and Dutch languages. It originated in England and is the dominant language of the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.

  5. Language - Communication, Grammar, Culture | Britannica

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    Language - Communication, Grammar, Culture: It has been seen that language is much more than the external expression and communication of internal thoughts formulated independently of their verbalization.

  6. Computer programming language | Types & Examples | Britannica

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    Computer programming language, any of various languages for expressing a set of detailed instructions for a computer. The earliest programming languages were assembly languages, not far removed from instructions directly executed by hardware.

  7. Romance languages | Definition, Origin, Characteristics,...

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    Romance languages, group of related languages all derived from Vulgar Latin within historical times and forming a subgroup of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. The major languages of the family include French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian.

  8. The Latin language is an Indo-European language in the Italic group and is ancestral to the modern Romance languages. During the Middle Ages and until comparatively recent times, Latin was the language most widely used in the West for scholarly and literary purposes.

  9. Hebrew language, Semitic language of the Northern Central group. Spoken in ancient times in Palestine, Hebrew was supplanted by the western dialect of Aramaic beginning about the 3rd century BCE. It was revived as a spoken language in the 19th and 20th centuries and is the official language of Israel.

  10. Language Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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    LANGUAGE meaning: 1 : the system of words or signs that people use to express thoughts and feelings to each other often used before another noun; 2 : any one of the systems of human language that are used and understood by a particular group of people

  11. Language - Typology, Structure, Acquisition | Britannica

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    Language - Typology, Structure, Acquisition: Language families, as conceived in the historical study of languages, should not be confused with the quite separate classifications of languages by reference to their sharing certain predominant features of grammatical structure.