lengua vs idioma vs lenguaje
Why in English we only have one word for language and spanish has 3. Do they all mean the same? (lengua, idioma, lenguaje)?.
4 Answers
The word lenguaje refers to the abstract concept of language, not to a language.
I speak the English language. (idioma, lengua)
Do monkees use language? (lenguaje)
For linguists, idioma and lengua are the same. For the rest of us, in spoken speech, idioma might be more formal. This question was just asked and here is a link. The text below came from that answer.
Los lingüistas muchas veces usan indistintamente las palabras lengua e idioma. Para ellos, no hay gran diferencia entre estos términos. En el habla popular, sin embargo, la palabra idioma suele referirse a una lengua que tiene un corpus literario o que se utiliza en foros nacionales e internacionales; que tiene un número mayor de hablantes o que se ha estandardizado de alguna manera formal.
"Linguists often use the words lengua and idoma the same. For them, there isn't a great difference between these terms. In common speech, however, the word idioma usually refers to a language that has a literary body or that is used in national and international forums; that has a large number of speakers or that is standardized in some formal way.
Si dos lengua o idioma they are igual
espanol es tramposo ten cuidado!
como acerA (sidewalk) y acerO (steel)
We actually have two, in that "tongue" can mean "language". For instance, "What is your native tongue?"
