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language vs indigenous language

indigenous language vs language

language and indigenous language both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
language Yes No No No
indigenous language Yes No No No
As nouns, indigenous language is a hyponym of language; that is, indigenous language is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than language:
  • language: a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
  • indigenous language: a language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere
Other hyponyms of language include usage, dead language, words, source language, object language, target language, sign language, signing, artificial language, metalanguage, native language, superstrate, superstratum, natural language, tongue, interlanguage, koine, lingua franca, linguistic string, string of words, word string, barrage, bombardment, onslaught, outpouring, slanguage, ergative-absolutive language, ergative language, synthetic language, agglutinative language, rhetorical language.
language (noun) indigenous language (noun)
the mental faculty or power of vocal communication a language that originated in a specified place and was not brought to that place from elsewhere
the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
(language) communication by word of mouth
the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
Difference between language and indigenous language

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