traditional language

Ancestral speech form

Traditional language refers to speech patterns, vocabulary, and expressions characteristic of earlier generations or long-established cultural practices.

The phrase often describes indigenous or ancestral languages: The tribe is working to preserve their traditional language.

It may also mean conventional or formal modes of expression, as opposed to contemporary slang or informal speech.

Related

storytelling · oral history · spoken word · word of mouth · passing down · colloquialisms · local idioms · chants · vernacular · ceremonial speech · mouth · elder · regional slang · lexicography · ballads · clan names · epics · native speaker

Categories
Opposites
historical origin and development

traditional languageconlang

Artificially created language system

artificial language · Esperanto · Klingon · Elvish · auxiliary language

mode of transmission

traditional languageprogramming language

Formal notation for computer instructions

computer language · machine language · formal language · markup language · Python

cultural embeddedness

traditional languagelingua franca

Shared tongue between peoples

pidgin · trade language · creole · digital communication · slang

Family

traditional, tradition, traditions, traditionalist, traditionalism, traditionally, language, languages, lingual

Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G