Language and languages

This is a list of terms relating to language, generally describing types, status, or functions of languages:

• African languages
• Community language
• Cross-border language & cross-border vehicular language
• Endangered language
• European or Europhone language of wider communication (ELWC)
• Indigenous language?
• International language of wider communication (ILWC)
• Language development
• Language planning?
• Language policy
• Language services industry?
• Language of wider communication (LWC), also called lingua franca
• Living language?
• Local language?
• Macrolanguage
• Major languages (per the section on this wiki)
• More languages (per the section on this wiki)
• National language
• Official language?
• Regional language?
• African languages

See also: Linguistics; Category.Languages