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

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