Merriam Webster defines language as:Definition of
LANGUAGE
1
a : the words, their pronunciation, and the methods of combining them used and understood by a community
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 meanings
(3) : the suggestion by objects, actions, or conditions of associated ideas or feelings<
language in their very gesture — Shakespeare>
(4) : the means by which animals communicate
(5) : a formal system of signs and symbols (as FORTRAN or a calculus in logic) including rules for the formation and transformation of admissible expressions
(6) : machine language 1
2
a : form or manner of verbal expression;
specifically : styleb : the vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or a department of knowledge
c : profanity 3
: the study of language especially as a school subject
4
: specific words especially in a law or regulation
