natural language

natural language

English

Etymology

natural + language

Noun

natural language (countable and uncountable, plural natural languages)

1. (retronym, linguistics) Any human language that has evolved naturally in a community, usually in contrast to computer programming languages, to controlled natural languages, and to constructed languages such as Esperanto (although constructed languages are subject to change by natural forces among fluent speakers).

   Although some computer programs are now widely regarded as having passed the Turing test, it is clear to discerning humans that they still do not use natural language in the same way that sane humans do, as they often spew nonsense, albeit well-formed linguistically, and they cannot engage in some important kinds of original thought.

Derived terms

• natural language processing

Translations

human language developed naturally

Arabic: لُغَةْ طَبِيعِيَّة‎ f (luḡat ṭabīʿiyya) Basque: lengoaia natural Belarusian: натура́льная мо́ва f (naturálʹnaja móva) Breton: yezh naturel Bulgarian: есте́ствен ези́к m (estéstven ezík) Chinese: Mandarin: 自然語言 (zh), 自然语言 (zh) (zìrán yǔyán) Czech: přirozený jazyk m Esperanto: natura lingvo Estonian: loomulik keel Finnish: luonnollinen kieli French: langue naturelle f German: natürliche Sprache (de) f Hebrew: שפה טבעית‎ f Hindi: प्राकृतिक भाषा f (prākŕtik bhāṣā) Hungarian: természetes nyelv Irish: teanga nádúrtha f Italian: linguaggio naturale m Japanese: 自然言語 (しぜんげんご, shizengengo) Korean: 자연어(自然語) (ko) (jayeoneo) Lithuanian: natūralioji kalba (lt) f Persian: زبان طبیعی‎ (zabân-e tabi'i) Polish: język naturalny m Portuguese: língua natural f Romanian: limbă naturală f Russian: есте́ственный язы́к m (jestéstvennyj jazýk) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: природни језик m Roman: prirodni jezik m Spanish: lengua natural f Swahili: lugha asilia class 5 Thai: ภาษาธรรมชาติ (paasăa tammáchâat) Turkish: doğal dil, tabii lisan Ukrainian: приро́дна мо́ва f (pryródna móva) Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ tự nhiên (vi) Volapük: natapük