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Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/language#synonyms
language
nounDefinition of language
1a: the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a communitystudied the French language
b(1): audible, articulate, meaningful sound as produced by the action of the vocal organs
(2): a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meaningsthe language of mathematics
(3): the suggestion by objects, actions, or conditions of associated ideas or feelingslanguage in their very gesture— William Shakespeare
(4): the means by which animals communicatethe language of birds
(5): a formal system of signs and symbols (such as FORTRAN or a calculus in logic) including rules for the formation and transformation of admissible expressions
b: the vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or a department of knowledgethe language of diplomacymedical language
c: PROFANITYshouldn't of blamed the fellers if they'd cut loose with some language— Ring Lardner
3: the study of language especially as a school subjectearned a grade of B in language
4: specific words especially in a law or regulationThe police were diligent in enforcing the language of the law.
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