A language is a system of arbitary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures or written symbols which communicate thoughts or feelings.
Human spoken and written languages can be described as a system of symbols (sometimes known as lexemes) and the grammars (rules) by which the symbols are manipulated. The word "language" is also used to refer to common properties of languages.
Language learning is normal in human childhood. Most human languages use patterns of sound or gesture for symbols which enable communication with others around them. There are thousands of human languages, and these seem to share certain properties, even though many shared properties have exceptions.
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Ethnologue OEGS Entry - Information about OEGS from 1996.
Meta Description: [ Ethnologue 14 and bibliography information on AUSTRIAN SIGN LANGUAGE. ]
Mudra OEGS Project - Interactive CD-ROM covering OEGS, sign dialects, and lipreading.
Meta Description: [ Interactive and comparative learning, play and reference program for CD-ROM, covering sign languages, sign dialects and lip-reading. ]
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OEGS CD-ROM - From the Linguistic Studies in Austrian Sign Language project at the Research Center for Sign Language and Communication of the Hearing Impaired at Klagenfurt University. System requirements, pricing and ordering information.
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