言語
げんご · gengo · JLPT N3 · noun
language
👅💬 言語 = say + words: the words you say make a language
言 (gen) means to say or speak, and 語 (go) means words or a language, as in 日本語, Japanese. Put them together and you get the formal word for language in general. The go at the end is the same one you hear in every language name.