natural language
C244
concept
Natural language is a human-developed system of spoken, written, or signed communication characterized by grammar, vocabulary, and usage conventions that evolve within a linguistic community.
All labels observed (18)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| language | 2,317 |
| natural language canonical | 1,150 |
| language variety | 331 |
| creole language | 99 |
| proto-language | 97 |
| spoken language | 57 |
| human language | 45 |
| literary language | 33 |
| standard language | 24 |
| standardized language | 19 |
| macrolanguage | 14 |
| vernacular language | 13 |
| subject–verb–object language | 9 |
| modern language | 5 |
| standard language variety | 4 |
| living language | 2 |
| simplified language | 1 |
| vernacular | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: natural language
Generated description
Natural language is a human-developed system of spoken, written, or signed communication characterized by grammar, vocabulary, and usage conventions that evolve within a linguistic community.
Instances (3,985)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
|
Yuchi
surface form:
Yuchi language
|
language |
| Wolof | language |
| Mandinka | language |
| Warao language | language |
| Kiyombe | language variety |
| Urban Hiligaynon | language variety |
| home language by many speakers in Negros Occidental | language |
|
Alur people
surface form:
Alur language
|
language |
| Nimadi | language |
|
Oro
surface form:
Oro language
|
language |
| Proto-Algic language | proto-language |
| Nēhiyawēwin | language |
| Nīhithawīwin | language |
| Ininīmowin | language |
| Proto-Algonquian language | proto-language |
| Standard German | standard language |
| Tataviam language | language |
| Quapaw language | language |
| Tamazight (generic) | macrolanguage |
| Shua Arabic | spoken language |
| Bambara | language |
| Jamaican Patois | spoken language |
| Cape Verdean Creole | creole language |
| Ivilyuat | language |
| Guinea-Bissau Creole | creole language |
| Ukaan language | language |
| Bini language | language |
| Idoma language | language |
| Bemba language | — |
| Ganda language | — |
| Bangala | spoken language |
| Bobangi | — |
| Sranan | creole language |
| Ndyuka language | creole language |
| Shimaore | — |
| Shona | — |
| South African Sign Language | — |
| Itsekiri language | language |
| Slovene | standard language |
| Lithuanian | — |
| Berom | language |
| Afizere | language |
| Anaguta | language |
| Pular | language variety |
| Fuuta Jalon Pular | language variety |
| Fuuta Tooro Pulaar | language variety |
| Soqotri language | — |
| New Mexican Spanish | language variety |
| Tiwa | language |
| Croatian | standardized language |