language
particular system of communication, often named for the region or peoples that use it
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Summary
language is a languoid class[1]. language draws 6,793 Wikipedia views per month (languoid class category, ranking #22 of 23).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: languoid[3], conceptual system[4]
- Part of: language[5]
- Commons category: Languages[6]
- Said to be the same as: parole[7], human language[8], idiom[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Languages[10], Category:Languages sorted alphabetically[11]
- Described by source: Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[12]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox language[13], Template:Lang[14], Template:Title language[15]
- Used by: by language[16]
- Has characteristic: language model[17], type of language[18], phoneme inventory[19], linguistic typology[20]
- Main Wikidata property: P1466[21], P407[22]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Language[23], https://schema.org/Language[24], https://w3id.org/vocab/lingvoj#Lingvo[25], http://purl.org/dc/terms/LinguisticSystem[26], https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phontology.rdfs#Language[27], http://www.ease-crc.org/ont/SOMA.owl#Language[28], http://www.ontologydesignpatterns.org/ont/dul/IOLite.owl#Language[29], https://www.omg.org/spec/LCC/Languages/LanguageRepresentation/Language[30]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C16779[31]
- Different from: Langue[32], tongue[33], language[34], idiolect[35], formal language[36], Q113374538[37]
- Properties for this type: P218[38], P220[39], P1394[40], P1396[41], P1627[42], P2587[43], P17[44], P424[45], P6106[46], P1018[47], P1098[48], P2341[49], P305[50], P2989[51]
Why It Matters
language has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] language is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]