| 381937208 | accent | a distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language | 0 | |
| 26767057 | dialect | a particular form of a language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group | 1 | |
| 720624294 | Esperanto | a language introduced in 1887 by Dr. L.L. Zamenhof after years of development. He proposed Esperanto as a second language that would allow people who speak different native languages to communicate, yet at the same time retain their own languages and cultural identities | 2 | |
| 621588650 | extinct language | a language that no longer has any speakers, or that is no longer in current use | 3 | |
| 631738363 | ideogram | a written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it | 4 | |
| 129001884 | isogloss | a line on a dialect map marking the boundary between linguistic features | 5 | |
| 89520913 | isolated language | A language that has no known linguistic affiliation with any other language | 6 | |
| 510931237 | language branch | A language branch is a newer, or less commonly spoken language that has a older "parent language" | 7 | |
| 652781818 | language | Communication of thoughts and feelings through a system of arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, or written symbols | 8 | |
| 128509974 | language group | Set of languages with a relatively recent common origin and many similar characteristics | 9 | |
| 235719257 | language family | A language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor | 10 | |
| 474255521 | lingua franca | a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different | 11 | |
| 132789129 | literary tradition | A language that is written as well as spoken | 12 | |
| 819814117 | mono-, bi-, multi- linguility | How many languages a person speaks | 13 | |
| 9270278 | official language | a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction | 14 | |
| 652883239 | orthography | the conventional spelling system of a language | 15 | |
| 136863936 | pidgin | a grammatically simplified form of a language, used for communication between people not sharing a common language | 16 | |
| 867723329 | standard language | a language variety used by a group of people in their public discourse | 17 | |
| 281940647 | toponym | a place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature | 18 | |
| 383174808 | trade language | a restructured language | 19 | |
| 233899012 | vernacular | the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region | 20 |
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