spoken language

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Democrats also want to bar DHS officers from detaining people based on their ethnicity, spoken language, accent, or place of work.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

DLD is a diagnosis given to children who have significant, ongoing difficulties understanding or using spoken language.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

These results support the idea that humans and great apes share vocal processing abilities that existed before spoken language emerged.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

To the extent he mounted a racial crusade, it was through his acting — and specifically his hard-won mastery of spoken language.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

The sensei—or teacher—had conducted class in Japanese, and while she could keep up with the spoken language, she couldn’t keep up in the reading and writing.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata