tongue vs Papuan language

Papuan language vs tongue

tongue and Papuan language both are nouns.

tongue is a verb but Papuan language is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tongue	Yes	No	Yes	No
Papuan language	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Papuan language is a hyponym of tongue; that is, Papuan language is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tongue:

tongue: a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
Papuan language: any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages

Other hyponyms of tongue include first language, maternal language, mother tongue, tonal language, tone language, creole, American-Indian language, American Indian, American Indian language, Amerind, Amerind language, Amerindian language, Indian, Indian language, Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language, Chukchi, Chukchi language, Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language, Austro-Asiatic, Austro-Asiatic language, Munda-Mon-Khmer, Hmong, Hmong language, Miao, Miao language, Austronesian, Austronesian language, Papuan, Khoisan, Khoisan language, Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Ural-Altaic, Basque, Basque language, Elamite, Elamite language, Elamitic, Elamitic language, Susian, Susian language, Cassite, Cassite language, Kassite, Kassite language, Caucasian, Caucasian language, Dravidian, Dravidian language, Dravidic, Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic, Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Kordofanian language, Nilo-Saharan, Nilo-Saharan language, standard language.

tongue (noun)	Papuan language (noun)
the flap of material under the laces of a shoe or boot	any of the indigenous languages spoken in Papua New Guinea or New Britain or the Solomon Islands that are not Malayo-Polynesian languages
metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
a manner of speaking
the tongue of certain animals used as meat
a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
any long thin projection that is transient

tongue (verb)	Papuan language (verb)
lick or explore with the tongue
articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

Difference between tongue and Papuan language

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