natural language

n. A human written or spoken language as opposed to a computer language.

natural language

n 1. (Linguistics) a language that has evolved naturally as a means of communication among people. Compare artificial language, formal language 2. (Linguistics) languages of this kind considered collectively

nat′ural lan′guage

n. a language used as a native tongue by a group of speakers. Compare artificial language. [1875–80]

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natural language - a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer languagetonguelanguage, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"first language, maternal language, mother tongue - one's native language; the language learned by children and passed from one generation to the nexttonal language, tone language - a language in which different tones distinguish different meaningscreole - a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languagesAmerican-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, American Indian, Indian - any of the languages spoken by AmerindiansEskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language - the family of languages that includes Eskimo and AleutChukchi language, Chukchi - an indigenous and isolated language of unknown origin spoken by the Chukchi that is pronounced differently by men and womenSino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language - the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern AsiaAustro-Asiatic, Austro-Asiatic language, Munda-Mon-Khmer - a family of languages spoken in southern and southeastern AsiaHmong language, Miao, Hmong - a language of uncertain affiliation spoken by the HmongAustronesian language, Austronesian - the family of languages spoken in Australia and Formosa and Malaysia and PolynesiaPapuan language, Papuan - any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languagesKhoisan, Khoisan language - a family of languages spoken in southern AfricaIndo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Indo-European - the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern AsiaUral-Altaic - a (postulated) group of languages including many of the indigenous languages of Russia (but not Russian)Basque - the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other languageElamitic, Susian, Elamite - an extinct ancient language of unknown affinities; spoken by the ElamitesCassite, Kassite - an ancient language spoken by the KassitesCaucasian language, Caucasian - a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are unrelated to languages spoken elsewhereDravidian language, Dravidic, Dravidian - a large family of languages spoken in south and central India and Sri LankaAfrasian, Afrasian language, Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and AfricaNiger-Kordofanian, Niger-Kordofanian language - the family of languages that includes most of the languages spoken in Africa south of the Sahara; the majority of them are tonal languages but there are important exceptions (e.g., Swahili or Fula)Nilo-Saharan, Nilo-Saharan language - a family of East African languages spoken by Nilotic peoples from the Sahara south to Kenya and Tanzaniaartificial language - a language that is deliberately created for a specific purpose

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natural language

language

[lang´gwij] 1. the use of a meaningful pattern of vocal sounds (or corresponding written symbols) to convey thoughts and feelings, or a system of such patterns that is understood by a group of people.2. by extension, any of various other systems of communication that use sets of discrete symbols.3. any of numerous sets of standardized vocabulary terms for use among health care providers in a variety of settings allowing comparisons of care across populations, settings, regions, and time. There are over 30 researched standardized health care languages. Called also standardized vocabulary.body language the expression of thoughts or emotions by means of posture or gesture.International Sign language a sign language composed of a blending of vocabulary signs from numerous different countries, sometimes used at international meetings and events of deaf persons; formerly called Gestuno.natural language ordinary language as used by the speakers of that language, as opposed to a language made up for a special purpose (as for use by a computer system).nursing language any of various sets of standardized terms and definitions for use in nursing to provide standardized descriptions, labels, and definitions for expressing the phenomena of nursing; some include category groupings of terms. The American Nurses Association has recognized twelve official languages.