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 ṭabīʕiyya)
• Basque: lengoaia natural
• Belarusian: натура́льная мо́ва f (naturálʹnaja móva)
• Breton: yezh naturel
• Bulgarian: есте́ствен ези́к m (estéstven ezík)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自然語言 / 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 (hu)
• Irish: teanga nádúrtha f
• Italian: linguaggio naturale m
• Japanese: 自然言語 (ja) (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 (tr), tabii lisan
• Ukrainian: приро́дна мо́ва f (pryródna móva)
• Vietnamese: ngôn ngữ tự nhiên (vi)
• Volapük: natapük