"natural language" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: natural languages [plural]
Etymology: natural + language Etymology templates: {{m|en|natural}} natural, {{m|en|language}} language Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} natural language (countable and uncountable, plural natural languages)
  1. (retronym, linguistics) Any human language that has evolved naturally in a community, usually in contrast to computer programming languages, to controlled natural languages, and to constructed languages such as Esperanto (although constructed languages are subject to change by natural forces among fluent speakers). Wikipedia link: natural language Tags: countable, retronym, uncountable Categories (topical): Languages, Linguistics Derived forms: natural language processing Translations (human language developed naturally): لُغَةْ طَبِيعِيَّة (luḡat ṭabīʕiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), lengoaia natural (Basque), натура́льная мо́ва (naturálʹnaja móva) [feminine] (Belarusian), yezh naturel (Breton), есте́ствен ези́к (estéstven ezík) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 自然語言 (Chinese Mandarin), 自然语言 (zìrán yǔyán) (Chinese Mandarin), přirozený jazyk [masculine] (Czech), natura lingvo (Esperanto), loomulik keel (Estonian), luonnollinen kieli (Finnish), langue naturelle [feminine] (French), natürliche Sprache [feminine] (German), שפה טבעית [feminine] (Hebrew), प्राकृतिक भाषा (prākŕtik bhāṣā) [feminine] (Hindi), természetes nyelv (Hungarian), teanga nádúrtha [feminine] (Irish), linguaggio naturale [masculine] (Italian), 自然言語 (shizengengo) (alt: しぜんげんご) (Japanese), 자연어 (jayeoneo) (alt: 自然語) (Korean), natūralioji kalba [feminine] (Lithuanian), زبان طبیعی (zabân-e tabi'i) (Persian), język naturalny [masculine] (Polish), língua natural [feminine] (Portuguese), limbă naturală [feminine] (Romanian), есте́ственный язы́к (jestéstvennyj jazýk) [masculine] (Russian), природни језик [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), prirodni jezik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lengua natural [feminine] (Spanish), lugha asilia [class-5] (Swahili), ภาษาธรรมชาติ (paasăa tammáchâat) (Thai), doğal dil (Turkish), tabii lisan (Turkish), приро́дна мо́ва (pryródna móva) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ngôn ngữ tự nhiên (Vietnamese), natapük (Volapük)

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    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "human language developed naturally",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "природни језик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "human language developed naturally",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prirodni jezik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "human language developed naturally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lengua natural"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "human language developed naturally",
      "tags": [
        "class-5"
      ],
      "word": "lugha asilia"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "paasăa tammáchâat",
      "sense": "human language developed naturally",
      "word": "ภาษาธรรมชาติ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "human language developed naturally",
      "word": "doğal dil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "human language developed naturally",
      "word": "tabii lisan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryródna móva",
      "sense": "human language developed naturally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "приро́дна мо́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "human language developed naturally",
      "word": "ngôn ngữ tự nhiên"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "human language developed naturally",
      "word": "natapük"
    }
  ],
  "word": "natural language"
}

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