spoken language

Example Sentences

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In theory, encoding speech as binary sequences of ones and zeros would be more efficient because it compresses information more tightly than spoken language.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026

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

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

Like most of those who live under the bridge, he speaks Hausa, the most widely spoken language in the north of Nigeria.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2024

And I'm good at the body vocabulary that tells a story without having to use any spoken language.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins