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- languoid: Spoken or signed method of communication. Can be a dialect, language, or language family. unspecified for writing system. Properties include ISO 639-3 code, ISO 639-1 code, written form.
- written language: Specific variety of a language written in a specific writing system. Properties include IETF language tag, PanLex Language Variety, script, official in (a geographic location), sample text, corpus.
- script: A method of writing, often shared by multiple languages. Properties include ISO 15924 alpha-4 code, Wikidata entity, representative glyph, based on (another script), part of (a larger script category). Subclasses: alphabet, abjad, abugida, syllabary, featural script, logography.
- geographic location: Point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere. Includes countries and regions. Properties include Wikidata entity, native language, second language.