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- programming languagesplural of programming language: A code of reserved words and symbols used in computer programs, which give instructions to the computer on how to accomplish certain computing tasks.
- official languagesplural of official language: A language afforded an elevated status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction, typically for government use.
- scripting languagesplural of scripting language: A computer language designed to be used as part of a larger application.
- foreign languagesplural of foreign language: A language that is not widely or officially spoken in a particular place.
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- computer languagesplural of computer language: A language that is used internally by computers, including programming languages, machine languages, query languages, markup languages, etc.
- contact languagesplural of contact language: A language that influences another, especially because it is understood by a relevant portion of the speech community.
- dead languagesplural of dead language: A language which no longer has any native speakers.
- first languagesplural of first language: The first language one is taught to speak; one's native language.
- little languagesplural of little language: A relatively small and simple domain-specific language.
- living languagesplural of living language: A language which is still spoken in the contemporary period.
- love languagesplural of love language: A medium through which one shows appreciation of or affection for another, such as complimenting, giving gifts, or spending time together.
- modern languagesplural of modern language: A human language which is living or recently extinct.
- natural languagesplural of natural language: Any human communication signal system that has evolved organically in a community into a language system and has become culturally generalized.
- regular languagesplural of regular language: A formal language that can be expressed using a regular expression or finite-state machine.
- sign languagesplural of sign language: Any of several natural languages, typically used by the deaf, in which words consist of hand shapes, motions, positions, and facial expressions.
- standard languagesplural of standard language: A form of a language that is institutionally promoted, regarded as the most correct or neutral variety, and is used by a population for public and formal purposes.
- trade languagesplural of trade language: A common language used by people of diverse backgrounds to communicate with one another, often a basic form of speech with simplified grammar, particularly, one that is not the first language of any of its …
- universal languagesplural of universal language: A hypothetical language understood by most or all of the world's people, such as an international auxiliary language.
- working languagesplural of working language: Language that is given a unique legal status in an international organisation or other supranational body as its primary means of communication.
- world languagesplural of world language: A language spoken internationally and which is learned by many people as a second language.
- native languagesplural of native language: One's first language, learned in early childhood.
- pattern languagesplural of pattern language: A structured method of describing good design practices within a field of expertise.
- classical languagesplural of classical language: An ancient language that has an independent tradition that arose mostly on its own, and has a large and rich body of ancient literature.
- assembly languagesplural of assembly language: A programming language in which the source code of programs is composed of mnemonic instructions, each of which corresponds directly to a machine instruction for a particular processor.
Compound words 19
- multilanguagesplural of multilanguage: of or pertaining to multiple languages
- antilanguagesplural of antilanguage: A language used by a social group to prevent outsiders from understanding it.
- counterlanguagesplural of counterlanguage: Any form of language set up in opposition to another, such as slang or code.
- cryptolanguagesplural of cryptolanguage: A secret language.
- epilanguagesplural of epilanguage: A second language used regularly for some purpose or purposes (such as for scholarship and scientific research).
- interlanguagesplural of interlanguage: A language generated by a student of a foreign language that incorporates aspects of their native language and the target language.
- languagescapesplural of languagescape: A metaphorical landscape of language or languages.
- macrolanguagesplural of macrolanguage: Alternative spelling of macro language (“system for defining and processing macros”).
- metalanguagesplural of metalanguage: Any language or vocabulary of terms used to describe or analyze a language or linguistic process.
- minilanguagesplural of minilanguage: A relatively small and simple domain-specific language.