Language
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Language is the ability to acquire and use complex systems of communication, particularly the human ability to do so.
A language is any specific example of such a system.
The scientific study of language is called linguistics.
The English word language derives ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s "tongue, speech, language" through Latin lingua, "language; tongue", and Old French language.
The word is sometimes used to refer to codes, ciphers, and other kinds of artificially constructed communication systems such as formally defined computer languages used for computer programming.
Unlike conventional human languages, a formal language in this sense is a system of signs for encoding and decoding information.
External links
- Language @ Wikipedia
