1 [[eo:Lingvo]][[fr:Langue]][[nl:Taal]][[pl:J%EAzyk]]
2 '''Languages''' are ways to represent things, actions, and ideas. Most often, the term refers to vocal languages, the languages [[human]]s or [[animals]] create through vocal sounds in meaningful patterns. Animal languages can be quite complex; but among the animals, humans alone have a [[literature]], a body of written or oral language.
4 [[Mathematics]] and [[computer science]] use artificial languages called [[formal language]]s, (including [[programming language]]s).
6 The study of languages makes up [[linguistics]] and [[philology]]. Other important concepts:
8 * [[Philosophy of language]]
9 * [[Sapir-Whorf hypothesis]]
11 * [[Psycholinguistics]]
17 * [[Philology|Historical Linguistics or Philology]]
19 List of [[language families and languages]]:
21 A useful listing of 4000 languages and dialects (grouped by their relationships), with the numbers one through ten in each language can be found at [[Mark Rosenfelder]]'s Metaverse website (see external links).
23 A fairly complete list of all languages, locations, population, and genetic affiliation can be found in the [[Ethnologue]].
25 See also [[Common phrases in different languages]], [[Tongue twister]].
29 * [http://www.zompist.com/ Mark Rosenfelder's Metaverse]
30 * [http://www.geocities.com/agihard/mohl/mohl_languages.html Museum of Languages]