dialect

language; speech

speech (讠) + sound (吾) = language and dialect

The speech radical (讠) carries the meaning: language and words are made of speech. 吾 mainly gives the approximate sound yǔ and does not add a semantic layer here.

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SpeechSemantic

Words with 语

泰语

tài yǔ

Thai (language)

乌语

wū yǔ

Uzbek language

语篇

yǔ piān

discourse

语气助词

yǔ qì zhù cí

modal particle

通用语

tōng yòng yǔ

common language

进行性失语

jìn xíng xìng shī yǔ

progressive aphasia

达斡尔语

dá wò ěr yǔ

Daur language (of Daur ethnic group of Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang)

鄂温克语

è wēn kè yǔ

Ewenke language (of Ewenke ethnic group of Inner Mongolia)

酒言酒语

jiǔ yán jiǔ yǔ

words spoken under the influence of alcohol (idiom)

错语

cuò yǔ

(TCM) paraphasia

镜头语言

jìng tóu yǔ yán

cinematic language (the visual grammar and techniques of filmmaking)

闪含语系

shǎn hán yǔ xì

Hamito-Semitic family of languages (incl. Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew etc)

More characters with 讠