Language

Language (from Latin lingua, a tongue) originally meant the method of communication between humans (either spoken or written) by the use of words in a generally agreed way.

Languages come in families; some of the main ones are:

• Indo-European language family
  • Latin language family
  • German language family
  • Slavonic language family

• Semitic language family

• Finno-Ugric language family

Language may now also mean a programming language.