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

plural of killer language

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

plural of object language

plural of imperative language

plural of ur-language

plural of link language

A common language linking various people groups or ethnicities, where the adopted language is not a native language of any of the speakers using it; lingua franca

plural of symbolic language

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, language.