spoken language

Example Sentences

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Bentz explains that around 5,000 years ago, a new writing system emerged that directly represented spoken language and displayed very different statistical patterns.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 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

One of the common rules of musical theater is that characters burst into song whenever they need to convey a truth too powerful for spoken language.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 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

The spoken language luxuriated in rolled r’s and Z’s.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater