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This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same or a similar title.
  • Language (general) [r]: A type of communication system, commonly used in linguistics, computer science and other fields to refer to different systems, including 'natural language' in humans, programming languages run on computers, and so on. A wider definition of language - what counts as a language and what doesn't - is a difficult philosophical topic, deserving an article in its own right. [e]
  • Natural language [r]: A communication system based on sequences of acoustic, visual or tactile symbols that serve as units of meaning. [e]
  • Artificial language [r]: A language whose phonology, grammar, and/or vocabulary have been devised by an individual or group, instead of having naturally developed. [e]
  • In informatics (programming language) [r]: A formal language specification, and programs for translating the formal language to machine code. [e]