Language
human speech; the aggregate of those articulate sounds, called words, used to express perception and thought, accepted by and current among any community; the expression of thought by articulate sounds or words; the body of uttered and audible sounds by which, in human society, thought is expressed.
Also a particular set or aggregate of articulate sounds or words peculiar to a particular race, nation, tribe, or community; as, the English language, the French language, etc.; each of these often presents local varieties, to which the name of dialects has been given. Languages are divided according to two principles: First, morphologically, according to the structure of the language and the manner in which the sounds are formed or combined; and secondly; genealogically, according to their connection and relationship with respect to origin.
The first class consists of three subdivisions of language, denominated isolating, agglutinating and inflectional. Isolatexample, consist entirely of monosyllabic, ing languages, of which Chinese is an languages, of which Chinese is elected, was bo, June tment resisted ington was kept out made terms with the conflict of John ton was their partiis the first of the subof Magna Charta. ope excommunicated ton refused to publish b, and was in conse m his functions by But after the acceshe was reinstated Died July 9, 1228. man speech; the agarticulate sounds, called xpress perception and brand current among the expression of sounds or words; and audible sounds society, thought is ar set or aggregate of or words peculiar to a nation, tribe, or com- Fhglish language, the ete; each of these ofvarieties, to which the s been given. Lanording to two prinmorphologically, accordthe language and ich the sounds are and secondly; geneto their connection respect to origin, ists of three subdivi ominated isolating, inflectional. Isolat unchanging roots. The Scythian is the type of what is called an agglutinative structure, in which the root maintains itself unaltered in the whole group of derivatives and inflections, and each suffix has an unchanged form and office. The Basque and Armenian languages are also agglutinative, with this difference, that the roots which are joined together have been abbreviated, as in the Basque via rely of monosyllabic, The Scythian is the Ian agglutinative the root maintains The whole group of tons, and each suf- I form and office, nian langua th this diff are joined toge as in the hill-dead+