Mutauro (ku Chingezi: language) kana rurimi hunhu wevanhu unoita vakwanise kutaurirana, uye mutauro unorevawo muenzaniso wezvinoitika. Ruzivo rwakadzama nezvemitauro runonzi ururimi (linguistics). Nyanzvi dzemitauro dzinonzi vanagodobori. Pane kufungidzirwa kwehuwandu nezvemitauro pasirose yakasiyana-siyana pakati pe5000 ne7000. Nyanzvi dzinofungidzira kuti pakati pemakumi mashanu kubva muzana yemitauro kuchange kuchina zvekuti pakupera kwegore 2100 inenge yaparara. Mitauro iri kushanduka nekufamba kuri kuita nguva, nemunhoroondo yekushanduka inogona kuvakiridzwa nekuenzaniso nemitauro yemazuva ano. Mitauro inotaurwa nevanhu vakabva kumadzitateguru ane madzinza akafanana vanotaura mhuri ye mitauro yakafanana. Marudzi anonyanyotaurwa anosanganisira mitauro yeChiindo-Yuropu (neChirungu neChispanishi), mitauro yeChisino-Taibheti (neChimandarini, Chikandonisi), mitauro yeChiAfurika-Ezhiya (neChiarabhu, Chiamhariki, Chisomari, neChihebheru), nemitauro yeChiBantu (neChiswahiri, Chizuru, Chishona). Mashoko aripazasi ndiwo anoshandiswa kutsanangura zvemaumbirwo omutauro. Tarisafuti Umbamutauro Constructed language kana Conlang mutauro une ruambainzwi (phonology), maumbirwo, uye mazwi, pachinzvimbo chekukudziridza zvakasikwa, zvine hungwaru zvakaumbwa kana kugadzirwa sebasa rekunyepedzera. Mitauro yakaumbwa inogona zvakare kutaurwa semitauro yekunyepedzera, mitauro yakarongwa kana mitauro yakaumbwa uye mune dzimwe nguva, mitauro yekunyepedzera.