natural language

language naturally spoken by humans, as opposed to "constructed" and "formal" languages
Thing type_of_language Q33742
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

natural language

Summary

natural language is a type of language[1]. It draws 709 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's subclass of is recorded as human language[6].
  • natural language's opposite of is recorded as planned language[7].
  • natural language's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/059nn[8].
  • natural language's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph1002032[9].
  • natural language's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Natural language[10].
  • natural language's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1283790[11].
  • natural language's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/natural-language[12].
  • natural language's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://philosophy.stackexchange.com/tags/natural-language[13].
  • natural language's has characteristic is recorded as vocabulary[14].
  • natural language's has characteristic is recorded as linguistic universal[15].
  • natural language's has characteristic is recorded as language family[16].
  • natural language's has characteristic is recorded as grammar[17].
  • natural language's has characteristic is recorded as origin of language[18].
  • natural language's different from is recorded as human language[19].
  • natural language's different from is recorded as natural language[20].
  • natural language's YSO ID is recorded as 26762[21].
  • natural language's has list is recorded as index of language articles[22].
  • natural language's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122n0f6z[23].
  • natural language's Quora topic ID is recorded as Natural-Language[24].
  • natural language's Zhihu topic ID is recorded as 19656036[25].
  • natural language's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as natural-language[26].
  • natural language's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Concept", "NaturalLanguage::35vw8"][27].

Why It Matters

natural language draws 709 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.[28] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It has been cited as an influence by HyperTalk[30], a scripting language[31], founded in 1987[32] and AppleScript[33], a scripting language[34], founded in 1993[35].

FAQs

Who did natural language influence?

natural language has been cited as an influence by HyperTalk[30] and AppleScript[33].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. 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] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . General Finnish Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . 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. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). natural language. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/natural-language
MLA “natural language.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/natural-language.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_natural-language_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{natural language}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/natural-language}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): natural language — https://4ort.xyz/entity/natural-language (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/natural-language · Last refreshed: