is a specific kind of: language, linguistic communication.

is a broader term that covers: first language, maternal language, mother tongue | tonal language, tone language | creole | American-Indian language, American Indian, Amerind, Amerindian language, Indian | Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo-Aleut language | Chukchi, Chukchi language | Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language | Austro-Asiatic, Austro-Asiatic language, Munda-Mon-Khmer | Hmong, Hmong language, Miao | Austronesian, Austronesian language | Papuan, Papuan language | Khoisan, Khoisan language | Indo-European, Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite | Ural-Altaic | Basque | Elamite, Elamitic, Susian | Cassite, Kassite | Caucasian, Caucasian language | Dravidian, Dravidian language, Dravidic | Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic | Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Kordofanian language | Nilo-Saharan, Nilo-Saharan language ... show more.

is the opposite of: artificial language.