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Language (disambiguation)

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Language might refer to:

  • Language (general) [r]: A type of communication system; this term is used in linguistics, computer science and other fields to refer to different systems, including 'natural language' in humans, programming languages run on computers, and so on. [e]
  • In linguistics (natural language) [r]: A communication system based on sequences of acoustic, visual or tactile symbols that serve as units of meaning. [e]
  • In informatics (programming language) [r]: A formal language specification, and programs for translating the formal language to machine code. [e]
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