Information about the word tongue (English → Esperanto: lingvo)

Synonym: language

Part of speechcommon noun
Pronunciation/tɐŋ/
Hyphenationtongue
Shavian alphabet𐑑𐑳𐑙

Usage samples

Then one of them addressed Tarzan, but in a tongue that the ape‐man could not understand, although he realized that there was something vaguely and tantalizing familiar about it.
“Quick!” he cried in the tongue of the Angles, which the Jutes understood.

Translations

Afrikaanstaal
Albaniangjuhë
Catalanidioma; llengua
Chinook Jargonlalang
Czechjazyk
Danishsprog
Dutchtaal
English (Old English)spræc
Esperantolingvo
Faeroesemál; tungumál
Finnishkieli
Frenchlangue
GermanSprache
Hawaiianʻōlelo
Hungariannyelv
Icelandictunga
Italianlingua
Latinlingua
Low Germanspråke
LuxemburgishSprooch
Malaybahasa
Norwegianspråk
Papiamentoabla; idioma; lenga
Portugueselíngua
Romanianlimbă
Russianязык
Saterland FrisianSproake
Spanishlengua
Sranantongo
Swahililugha
Swedishspråk; tungomål
Thaiภาษา
West Frisiansprake; taal