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natural language

language naturally spoken or signed by humans, as opposed to "constructed" and "formal" languages
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natural language

Summary

natural language is a type of language[1]. It draws 461 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_language category, ranking #11 of 78).[2]

Key Facts

  • natural language's instance of is recorded as type of language[3].
  • natural language's instance of is recorded as field of study[4].
  • natural language's instance of is recorded as field of study[5].
  • natural language is a type of human language[6].
  • natural language is the opposite of planned language[7].
  • natural language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Natural language[8].
  • natural language's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/tags/natural-language[9].
  • natural language's has characteristic is recorded as vocabulary[10].
  • natural language's has characteristic is recorded as linguistic universal[11].
  • natural language's has characteristic is recorded as language family[12].
  • natural language's has characteristic is recorded as grammar[13].
  • natural language's has characteristic is recorded as origin of language[14].
  • natural language's equivalent class is recorded as http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#natural_language[15].
  • natural language's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Language[16].
  • natural language's different from is recorded as human language[17].
  • natural language's different from is recorded as natural language[18].
  • natural language's has list is recorded as index of language articles[19].
  • natural language's P14870 is recorded as ont00000496[20].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of language[3] and field of study[4]. natural language is a type of human language[6]. It is the opposite of planned language[7].

Why It Matters

natural language draws 461 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_language category, ranking #11 of 78).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

It has been cited as an influence by AppleScript[23], a scripting language[24], founded in 1993[25] and HyperTalk[26], a scripting language[27], founded in 1987[28].

FAQs

Who did natural language influence?

natural language has been cited as an influence by AppleScript[23] and HyperTalk[26].

Related Entities

AppleScript grammar HyperTalk Māori Zhi Jin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . YAMATO. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Schema.org. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 71
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'bcl', 'bg', 'bn', 'br', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cv', 'de', 'en'
    Equivalent class → http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#natural_langua, https://schema.org/Language
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://schema.org/Language"
  2. 10d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#natural_langua, https://schema.org/Language
    Wikidata description → language naturally spoken or signed by humans, as opposed to "constructed" and "
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://www.hozo.jp/owl/YAMATO20210808.miz.owl#natural_language"
  3. 23d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000496
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14870]]: ont00000496"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0392076-prirozene-jazyky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0392076-prirozene-jazyky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
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