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natural language (NaturalLanguage)

The subclass of HumanLanguages which are not designed and which evolve from generation to generation. This Class includes all of the national languages, e.g. English, Spanish, Japanese, etc. Note that this class includes dialects of natural languages.

Ontology

SUMO / BASE-ONTOLOGY

Superclass(es)

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entity
is subclass of
  physical  
is subclass of
  object  
is subclass of
  self connected object  
is subclass of
  content bearing object  
is subclass of
  linguistic expression  
is subclass of
  language  
is subclass of
  human language  
is subclass of
  natural language  

Coordinate term(s)

constructed language 

Related WordNet synsets

natural language, tongue
a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language
natural language is opposite to...   natural language is kind of (all)...   natural language is kind of...   kinds of natural language...   kinds of natural language (all)...  
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Axioms (1)

natural language is disjoint from constructed language. 
(disjoint NaturalLanguage ConstructedLanguage)