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language noun [ ˈlaŋɡwɪdʒ ]

• the principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture.
• "a study of the way children learn language"
• a system of communication used by a particular country or community.
• "the book was translated into twenty-five languages"
Similar: tongue, speech, mother tongue, native tongue, dialect, vernacular, bhasha, lingo,
• the style of a piece of writing or speech.
• "he explained the procedure in simple, everyday language"
Origin: Middle English: from Old French langage, based on Latin lingua ‘tongue’.

speak the same language

• understand one another as a result of shared opinions or values.
"when it comes to business, we both speak the same language"



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