langue naturelle

Definitions of langue naturelle
  1. noun
    a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
    synonyms: langue
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    langue artificielle
    a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose
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    langue, langue maternelle
    one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
    amérindien, indien
    any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
    indo-européen
    the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
    caucasien
    a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere
    afro asiatique
    a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa
    allemand
    a branch of the Indo-European family of languages; members that are spoken currently fall into two major groups: Scandinavian and West Germanic
    grèque
    the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
    type of:
    langage, langue
    a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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