Daily Italian: Lingua (Tongue/Language)

Today we're taking a deep dive into the core vocabulary of human communication. Does it refer to the body organ itself (Tongue) or a word produced by pronunciation (language), Tongue Essential to expressing and communicating our ideas effectively!

Before we begin, let's take a quick look at its etymology. Lingua from latin language Have the same spelling and meaning. It comes from ancient Latin *dinkDerived from original italic *denɣwāultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh2s (“Tongue”). In short, this is a word with very ancient origins!

Lingua It is a feminine noun with the following definite and indefinite articles:

• Tongue = tongue/language
• a language = tongue/language
• language = language/language
• linguistic = some languages/languages

language = tongue

The original intention is language used to be Tonguelike the muscular organ in the mouth of mammals, used for tasting, swallowing, licking, and of course, human speech.

Sticking out tongue It can be expressed in any of the following ways exhibit (to display) or pull out (pull out).

In addition to the tongues of living mammals, language Can also refer to food Tongue,like boil tongue (boil tongue). Figuratively speaking, you may hear it used to describe long and narrow land Looks like a tongue.

Here are some additional terms derived from the word language:

• Tongue = stick out tongue, slander
• Tongue tied = Gossip
• Label = tongue, tongue, tongue
• Linguine = Linguine (Type of pasta, literally “little tongue”)

language = language

Because the tongue is intricately linked to speech, the term language come to represent language as a whole, let alone individual languages. Here are some of the world's most studied languages:

often, Tongue Used specifically to refer to Italian without explicit reference to the adjective Italian. Likewise, when used in the plural form, languagecan express foreign languages, no adjectives are needed foreign (foreign).

You can also use language The type of language used to describe a specific situation or context or a specific group of people, e.g. bureaucratic language (bureaucratic language) or Young people's spoken language (Casual expressions of young people).

very close synonyms language yes language. although language Generally refers to a language or Tonguewhether literally or figuratively, language Refers specifically to the use or expression of language, usually with emphasis on its structure, style, or complexity. although language Focus on the language itself, language Emphasize its uses, including its cultural and social dimensions. language Also preferred for any non-verbal communication code languageFor example Deaf language (logo language), body language (body language) and HTML language (HTML code).

Here are some others language As you improve your Italian skills, you are bound to hear related terms:

• mother tongue = mother tongue (language)
• mother tongue = native speaker
• lingua franca = lingua franca
• foreign language = foreign language

Idioms using the word “lingua”

To end this article, let’s delve into the various idiomatic expressions of the word language. As you might expect, there’s a lot to explore!

Heather Broster is a graduate with honors in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, fluent in English and Italian, as well as varying degrees of fluency in Japanese, Welsh and French. Originally from Toronto, Heather has lived in several countries, notably Italy for six years. Her main research areas are language acquisition, education and bilingual teaching.