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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 179 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, See also:tongue, See also:Lat. lingua)  , the whole See also:body of words and combinations of words as used in See also:common by a nation, See also:people or See also:race, for the purpose of expressing or communicating their thoughts; also, more widely, the See also:power of expressing thought by verbal utterance . See generally under See also:PHILOLOGY, See also:PHONETICS, See also:VOICE, See also:WRITING, See also:GRAMMAR, &c.; and the articles on the various See also:languages, or under headings of countries and races .

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