# 言語
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yányǔ
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄩˇ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): янйү (i͡anyü, I-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^4$ jyu$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-ngî / ngiàn-ngî
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): giân-gú / giân-gír / gân-gí / giân-gí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ngang$^5$ ghe$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yi-gniu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yányǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yányǔ
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^2$-yü$^3$
*** Yale: yán-yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanyeu
*** Palladius: яньюй (janʹjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: янйү (i͡anyü, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /iæ̃²⁴ y⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^4$ jyu$^5$
*** Yale: yìhn yúh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^4$ jy$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^4$ yu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn²¹ jyː¹³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-ngî
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngien$^ˇ$ ngi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^2$ ngi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ ŋi²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-ngî
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngian$^ˇ$ ngi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^2$ ngi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ ŋi²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giân-gú
*** Tâi-lô: giân-gú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gien'guo
*** IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ɡu⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² ɡu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giân-gír
*** Tâi-lô: giân-gír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɛn²⁴⁻²² ɡɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gân-gí
*** Tâi-lô: gân-gí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gan'gie
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡan¹³⁻²² ɡi⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giân-gí
*** Tâi-lô: giân-gí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gien'gie
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɛn²³⁻³³ ɡi⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ngang$^5$ ghe$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngâng gṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ɡɯ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yi-gniu
*** MiniDict: yi$^去$ nyu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhi-nyy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²² n̠ʲy⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: ngjon ngjoX
Rime :
| Character | 言 | 語 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 元 (65) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 語軒切 | 魚巨切 |
| Baxter | ngjon | ngjoX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋɨɐn/ | /ŋɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋiɐn/ | /ŋiɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋiɐn/ | /ŋiɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋɨan/ | /ŋɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋiɐn/ | /ŋiɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋĭɐn/ | /ŋĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋɨ̯ɐn/ | /ŋi̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yán | yǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^4$ | jyu$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋa[n] ŋ(r)aʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋan ŋaʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 言 | 語 |
| Reading # | 3/4 | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yán | yǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ngjon › | ‹ ngjo$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋa[n]/ | /*ŋ(r)aʔ/ |
| English | speak; speech | speak |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 言 | 語 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/2 |
| No. | 14271 | 13159 |
| Phonetic component | 言 | 五 |
| Rime group | 元 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 言 | 語 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋan/ | /*ŋaʔ/ |

#### Noun

言語
* speech; spoken language
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
    Wú shēn zhì yányǔ. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: Song dynasty, Huang Tingjian
    Yī rì bù dúshū, yányǔ wúwèi; sān rì bù dúshū, biàn jué miànmùkězēng. [Pinyin]
    Not studying for a day, my speech becomes dull; Not studying for three days, my looks become repulsive.
    From: 1913, International Chinese Business Directory of the World for the Year 1913 (《萬國寄信便覽》), page 999
    wai$^4$ diu$^6$ caa$^4$ gok$^3$ fong$^1$ dim$^3$ ming$^4$ geoi$^1$ tok$^3$ bun$^2$ dei$^6$ zi$^1$ jan$^4$ ji$^4$ caa$^4$ bun$^2$ dei$^6$ zi$^1$ dim$^3$ ming$^4$ gaan$^1$ jau$^5$ jin$^4$ jyu$^5$ bat$^1$ tung$^4$ jik$^6$ jam$^1$ jan$^1$ zi$^1$ gang$^2$ ji$^6$ jyu$^4$ fuk$^1$ gin$^3$ wan$^4$ naam$^4$ jyu$^5$ gwong$^2$ dung$^1$ jin$^4$ jyu$^5$ bat$^1$ tung$^4$ jik$^6$ jam$^1$ jik$^6$ jan$^1$ zi$^1$ bat$^1$ tung$^4$ saam$^1$ jap$^1$ jyu$^5$ sei$^3$ jap$^1$ jin$^4$ jyu$^5$ loek$^6$ ji$^6$ ji$^4$ jik$^6$ ze$^2$ jik$^6$ gaan$^1$ jau$^5$ saau$^2$ bit$^6$ [Jyutping]
    However, investigating the names of stores in each place is left to locals, and in between investigating the names of stores, their speech is not the same, and because of this, transcriptions continuously differ, such as Fuhkien, Yunnan, and Canton having different speech, and transcriptions also being different because of this. The speech of the Three Counties and the Four Counties are largely different, and there are also slight differences between translators.
    From: 2019 May 17, 深圳公交公安 on 微博 (wēibó)
    Jīng chū chá, Xiàng Mǒulín (nán, 24 suì) hé Wú Mǒutāo (nán, 20 suì) zài lièchēshàng pāishè xiǎoshìpín, fāchū “wòdǎo” děng yányǔ, yǐnfā zhōuwéi chéngkè huāngluàn. [Pinyin]
    According to initial investigations, Xiang *-lin (male, 24) and Wu *-tao (male, 20) were shooting a short video in the train, and said things such as "lie down", inducing panic in surrounding passengers.

##### Synonyms

* 口舌 (kǒushé)
* 嘴 (zuǐ) (figurative)
* 腔 (qiāng) (literary, or in compounds)
* 話 / 话
* 話語 / 话语 (huàyǔ)
* 說的話 / 说的话 (shuō de huà)
* 語言 / 语言
* 閒話 / 闲话 (ghe-gho) (Northern Wu)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yányu, yányǔ, yuányi, niányu
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄩ, ㄧㄢˊ ㄩˇ, ㄩㄢˊ ˙ㄧ, ㄋㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄩ
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngièn-ngî / ngiàn-ngî
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yányu
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yányů
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^2$-yü$^5$
*** Yale: yán-yu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yan.iu
*** Palladius: яньюй (janʹjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn³⁵ y³/
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yányǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yányǔ
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^2$-yü$^3$
*** Yale: yán-yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanyeu
*** Palladius: яньюй (janʹjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, colloquial Beijing dialect variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yuányi
*** Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ˙ㄧ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yuányi̊
*** Wade–Giles: yüan$^2$-i$^5$
*** Yale: ywán-yi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuan.i
*** Palladius: юаньи (juanʹi)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɥɛn³⁵ i³/
** (Standard Chinese, colloquial variant from other Mandarin dialects)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niányu
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: niányů
*** Wade–Giles: nien$^2$-yü$^5$
*** Yale: nyán-yu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nian.iu
*** Palladius: няньюй (njanʹjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯ɛn³⁵ y³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngièn-ngî
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngien$^ˇ$ ngi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^2$ ngi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en¹¹ ŋi²⁴/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàn-ngî
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngian$^ˇ$ ngi$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngian$^2$ ngi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an¹¹ ŋi²⁴/

#### Verb

言語
* (colloquial Mandarin, Hakka) to speak; to say a word
       Tā yīshēng bù yányu jiù zǒu le. [Pinyin]
       He left without saying anything.
    你怎麼不言語？／你怎么不言语？ ― Nǐ zěnme bù yányu? ― Why aren't you saying anything?

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 說話, 講話 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 說話, 言語 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 說話, 講話 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 講話, 說話 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 講話, 說話 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 說話 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 說話 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 說話, 言傳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 說話 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 說話 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 說話 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 說話 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 說話, 開腔 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 說話 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 講話, 說話 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 講話, 說話 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 講話 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 講說話, 講話 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 講嘢, 講說話 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 講話 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 講嘢 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 講話 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 講嘢 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 講話 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 講嘢, 講話 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 講嘢 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 講事話, 講話 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 講話, 講說話 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 講話, 講說話 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 話事 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 話事 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 講事, 話事 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 講話, 講事, 話事 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 話事 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 話事 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 講話 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 話事 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 話事 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 講話 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 講話 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Changting | 話事 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 講話 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 話事 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 話事, 講事 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 話事 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 話事 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 話事 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 話事 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 話事 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 話事 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 話事 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 話事 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 話事 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 講話, 講事 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 講事 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 講話 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 講話 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 講話 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 講話 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 講話 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 講話 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 講話 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 講話 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 講話 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 講話 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 說話 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 話事 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 話事 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 話事 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 話事 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 話事, 講事 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 話事 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 話事 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 話事 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 講話 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 說話, 講話 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 講話, 說話 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 說話 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 講話, 說話 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 說話 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 說話 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 說話, 講話 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 說話 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 呾話, 講話 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 講話, 沫話 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 講話, 說話 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 呾話 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 呾話 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 呾話 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 呾話 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 呾話 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 呾話 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 講話 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 講話 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 講話 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 講話 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 話事 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 話事 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 話事 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 講話 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 講話 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 講閒話, 說話 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 講閒話 |
| Wu | Danyang | 講話 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 講閒話, 講說話, 話說話 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 講話, 講說話 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 講水話, 講話 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 講話 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 話話, 講話 |

### Descendants

* → Japanese: 言(げん)語(ご) (gengo)
* → Korean: 언어(言語) (eoneo)
* → Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ (言語)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 言 | 語 |
| げん Grade: 2 | ご Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | goon |

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) げんご [géꜜǹgò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɡẽ̞ŋɡo̞]

#### Noun

言(げん)語(ご) • (gengo)
* language, speech
* (linguistics) langue
    Synonym: ラング (rangu)
    Antonym: 言 (gen)

##### Derived terms

* 言(げん)語(ご)運(うん)用(よう) (gengo un'yō)
* 言(げん)語(ご)学(がく) (gengogaku, “linguistics”)
* 言(げん)語(ご)活(かつ)動(どう) (gengo katsudō)
* 言(げん)語(ご)過(か)程(てい)説(せつ) (gengo kateisetsu)
* 言(げん)語(ご)起(き)源(げん)論(ろん) (gengo kigenron)
* 言(げん)語(ご)芸(げい)術(じゅつ) (gengo geijutsu)
* 言(げん)語(ご)ゲーム (gengo gēmu)
* 言(げん)語(ご)行(こう)為(い) (gengo kōi)
* 言(げん)語(ご)行(こう)動(どう) (gengo kōdō)
* 言(げん)語(ご)社(しゃ)会(かい)学(がく) (gengo shakaigaku)
* 言(げん)語(ご)障(しょう)害(がい) (gengo shōgai)
* 言(げん)語(ご)心(しん)理(り)学(がく) (gengo shinrigaku)
* 言(げん)語(ご)生(せい)活(かつ) (gengo seikatsu)
* 言(げん)語(ご)政(せい)策(さく) (gengo seisaku)
* 言(げん)語(ご)相(そう)対(たい)説(せつ) (gengo sōtaisetsu)
* 言(げん)語(ご)地(ち)図(ず) (gengo chizu)
* 言(げん)語(ご)中(ちゅう)枢(すう) (gengo chūsū)
* 言(げん)語(ご)聴(ちょう)覚(かく)士(し) (gengo chōkakushi)
* 言(げん)語(ご)地(ち)理(り)学(がく) (gengo chirigaku)
* 言(げん)語(ご)治(ち)療(りょう)士(し) (gengo chiryōshi)
* 言(げん)語(ご)哲(てつ)学(がく) (gengo tetsugaku)
* 言(げん)語(ご)島(とう) (gengotō)
* 言(げん)語(ご)能(のう)力(りょく) (gengo nōryoku)
* 言(げん)語(ご)美(び)学(がく) (gengo bigaku)
* 言(げん)語(ご)分(ぶん)析(せき) (gengo bunseki)
* 言(げん)語(ご)問(もん)題(だい) (gengo mondai)
* 言(げん)語(ご)遊(ゆう)戯(ぎ) (gengo yūgi)
* 言(げん)語(ご)療(りょう)法(ほう)士(し) (gengo ryōhōshi)
* 言(げん)語(ご)連(れん)想(そう)法(ほう) (gengo rensōhō)
* 言(げん)語(ご)論(ろん)的(てき)転(てん)回(かい) (gengoron-teki tenkai)
* 計(けい)算(さん)機(き)言(げん)語(ご) (keisanki gengo, “computer language”)
* 多(た)言(げん)語(ご)話(わ)者(しゃ) (tagengo washa, “polyglot”)
* プログラミング言(げん)語(ご) (puroguramingu gengo, “programming language”)
* メタ言(げん)語(ご) (meta-gengo, “metalanguage”)

##### Idioms

* 言(げん)語(ご)に絶(ぜっ)する (gengo ni zessuru)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 言 | 語 |
| ごん Grade: 2 | ご Grade: 2 |
| goon ||

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ごんご [góꜜǹgò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɡõ̞ŋɡo̞]

#### Noun

言(ごん)語(ご) • (gongo)
* (obsolete, Buddhism) language, speech

##### Derived terms

* 言(ごん)語(ご)道(どう)断(だん) (gongo dōdan)

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 言 | 語 |
| げん Grade: 2 | ぎょ Grade: 2 |
| kan'on ||

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) げんぎょ [géꜜǹgyò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɡẽ̞ŋʲɡʲo̞]

#### Noun

言(げん)語(ぎょ) • (gengyo)
* (obsolete) language, speech

### References

* 1 2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 言 | 語 |

### Noun

言語 • (eoneo) (hangeul 언어)
* hanja form of 언어 (“language”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 言 | 語 |

### Noun

言語
* chữ Hán form of ngôn ngữ (“language”).