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How to pronounce language
Say it like this: /ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪd͡ʒ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does language mean?
nounA body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
“Deaf and mute people communicate using sign language.”
The ability to communicate using words.
“the gift of language”
A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
“legal language; the language of chemistry”
verbTo communicate by language; to express in language.
“Others were languaged in such doubtful expressions that they have a double sense.”
intjAn admonishment said in response to someone using vulgar language during a conversation.
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