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The Definition of LanguageLanguage is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication, interaction and cultural transmission.Speech community：Any regionally or socially definable human group identified by a shared linguistic systemSymbol: Any sign, written, spoken or otherwise represented, which stands for something else.Arbitrariness: The lack of a logical connection between the form of something and its expression in sound.Cultural transmission: The ability to speak a language is transmitted from generation to generation by a process of learning, and not geneticallyVocal: An