idioma

Definitions of idioma
  1. noun
    a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
    synonyms: lingua, sermone
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    madrelingua
    one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the next
    indoeuropeo
    the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia
    eschimese
    the language spoken by the Eskimo
    acheo, greco
    the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
    type of:
    favella, linguaggio, loquela
    a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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