A language spoken internationally and which is learned by many people as a second language.

plural of minority language

(sociolinguistics) A language spoken by a minority of the population of a territory.

plural of pandanus language

(linguistics) An elaborate avoidance language among several of the peoples of the eastern New Guinea Highlands, used when collecting pandanus nuts.

(information science) A controlled set of terms selected from natural language and used to represent, in summary form, the subjects of documents within a given field of knowledge.

Synonym of langue d'oïl

(linguistics) A variety of Middle English found in the Corpus manuscript and characterized by French and Norse loanwords, colloquial expressions, conservative spelling, and similarities to Old English syntax.

The study of language as a subject in primary school and secondary school, with a particular focus on essay writing and debate.

(linguistics) internal language: language as perceived and understood in the individual rather than as transmitted and shared in the world or community