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Words related to language
lan·guage
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dialect
A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area. -
source language
the language in which a text appears that is to be translated into another language. Compare target language (def 1). -
speech
the faculty or power of speaking; oral communication; ability to express one's thoughts and emotions by speech sounds and gesture: Losing her speech made her feel isolated from humanity. -
target language
the language into which a text is to be translated from another language. Compare source language (def 1). -
vernacular
(of language) native or indigenous (opposed to literary or learned). -
idiom
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.