"modern language" meaning in English

See modern language in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: modern languages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} modern language (plural modern languages)
  1. A human language which is living or recently extinct. Categories (topical): Language Related terms: classical language, dead language

Inflected forms

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