"world language" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: world languages [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} world language (plural world languages)
  1. A language spoken internationally and which is learned by many people as a second language. Categories (topical): Language Translations (language spoken internationally): 世界語言 (Chinese Mandarin), 世界语言 (shìjiè yǔyán) (Chinese Mandarin), wereldtaal [feminine] (Dutch), mondlingvo (Esperanto), maailmankieli (Finnish), lingua mundial [feminine] (Galician), Weltsprache [feminine] (German), विश्वभाषा (viśvabhāṣā) [feminine] (Hindi), világnyelv (Hungarian), мировой язык (mirovoj jazyk) [masculine] (Russian), dünya dili (Turkish), uluslararası dil (Turkish), volapük (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-world_language-en-noun-oh-OlLoS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "language spoken internationally",
          "word": "世界語言"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "language spoken internationally",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "wereldtaal"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "language spoken internationally",
          "word": "mondlingvo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "language spoken internationally",
          "word": "maailmankieli"
        },
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "language spoken internationally",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "roman": "viśvabhāṣā",
          "sense": "language spoken internationally",
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          "word": "विश्वभाषा"
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          "sense": "language spoken internationally",
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          "roman": "mirovoj jazyk",
          "sense": "language spoken internationally",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "мировой язык"
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        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "language spoken internationally",
          "word": "dünya dili"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "language spoken internationally",
          "word": "uluslararası dil"
        },
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          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "language spoken internationally",
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        }
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "language spoken internationally",
      "word": "世界語言"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "shìjiè yǔyán",
      "sense": "language spoken internationally",
      "word": "世界语言"
    },
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      "sense": "language spoken internationally",
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      "word": "wereldtaal"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "language spoken internationally",
      "word": "mondlingvo"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "language spoken internationally",
      "word": "maailmankieli"
    },
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "language spoken internationally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lingua mundial"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "language spoken internationally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Weltsprache"
    },
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      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "sense": "language spoken internationally",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    },
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      "sense": "language spoken internationally",
      "word": "világnyelv"
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      "sense": "language spoken internationally",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мировой язык"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "language spoken internationally",
      "word": "dünya dili"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "language spoken internationally",
      "word": "uluslararası dil"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "language spoken internationally",
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