the main language spoken in a family home

(linguistics) A language that has no living speakers, though a number of productions of its native speakers have been preserved in some way, usually in written records.

(linguistics) Synonym of Iranian language

(linguistics) Any language descended from Proto-Iranian.

(computing) A programming language used for systems programming.

A medium through which one shows appreciation of or affection for another.

A language from which a later language is derived.

(translation studies) A language that a translator or interpreter knows passively only, i.e. from which they are able to translate or interpret into their active languages, but not the reverse.

(translation studies) A translator's or interpreter's active language, i.e. in which they are fluent and into which they are able to translate or interpret from their other working languages, but which is not their mother tongue.

Language that is given a unique legal status in an international organisation or other supranational body as its primary means of communication.