{i} language viewed as a communication system (including grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation) in a community
Langue designates an actual, specific language system: English, French, German It's approximately equivalent to the English ''tongue,'' and emphasizes the everyday employment of language The act of using a langue, e g by saying the sentence ''English is my mother tongue,'' is called parole
Language as a system rather than language in use. Langue is the formal rules, structures, and limitations of language