Human speech, spoken or written.

语文；文字。

The body of words and idioms used for the expression of ideas among members of a group or nation.

一国或一民族的语言文字。

A special style or expression peculiar to an individual or class.

个人或阶级之特殊语法；措辞。

The words and phrases peculiar to a special field of knowledge.

术语；专门语。

Any means of expression.

任何表达方式。

Any system of communication.

任何沟通方式(如手语,话的语意)。

The language of a country is the vocabulary and way of using it prevalent in that country.

Language 是一国通行的语言及用法。

Speech adds to this sense another, that of the power to utter articulate sound.

Speech 除了含有此义之外，更有明确表达的能力。

Tongue names the language or speech of some one country or race.

Tongue 乃指一国或一民族之 language 或 speech.

A dialect is a variation of the standard form of a language. used in a certain district or class.

Dialect 指一地方或一阶级所用之方言，与标准的 language 有不同之处。